Effects of mixed organic solvents on neuromotor functions among workers in Buddhist altar manufacturing factories

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-148

  Iwata, Toyoto ^a   Mori, Hiroshi ^b   Dakeishi, Miwako ^a   Onozaki, Ikunosuke ^b   Murata, Katsuyuki ^a,b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Akita Occup Health Promotion Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Neuromotor function; Organic solvent; Postural sway; Tremor

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; HEXANE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; STYRENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGIOUS GROUP; TREMOR;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL EQUILIBRIUM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLVENTS; TREMOR;

EID: 17644403980     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.47.143     Document Type: Article

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