Neurological and neurophysiological examinations of workers occupationally exposed to aluminium;Neurologiczna i neurofizjologiczna ocena pracowników zawodowo narażonych na glin

Medycyna Pracy

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-17

  Sińczuk Walczak, Halina ^a   Matczak, Wanda ^a   Raźniewska, Grazyna ^a   Szymczak, Maria ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Electroencephalography; Nervous system functions; Occupational exposure; Visual ewoked potentials

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; METAL;

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMPLOYMENT; EVOKED RESPONSE; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GEOMETRY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; LATENT PERIOD; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL INSTABILITY; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; SMELTER; URINE LEVEL; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 17244378500     PISSN: 04655893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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