Neurobehavioral changes of shipyard painters exposed to mixed organic solvents

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 320-326

  Lee, Choong Ryeol ^a   Jeong, Kyoung Sook ^a   Kim, Yangho ^a   Yoo, Cheol In ^a   Lee, Ji Ho ^a   Choi, Young Hee ^a  

^a Ulsan University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Computer assisted neurobehavioral test; Organic solvents; Shipyard painter

Indexed keywords

2 METHOXYETHANOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BUTANOL; CYCLOHEXANONE; ETHYLBENZENE; HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KOREA; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINTER; PSYCHOMETRY; REACTION TIME; SMOKING;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; HUMANS; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PAINT; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 18744387398     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.320     Document Type: Article

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