Human neurobehavioral effects of long-term exposure to styrene: A meta-analysis

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 532-538

  Benignus, Vernon A ^a,b   Geller, Andrew M ^a   Boyes, William K ^a   Bushnell, Philip J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice reaction time; Chronic; Color perception; Long term; Meta analyses; Neurobehavioral; Review; Styrene; Workplace

Indexed keywords

MANDELIC ACID; STYRENE;

ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; COLOR VISION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INHALATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPONSE TIME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COLOR PERCEPTION; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; STYRENE;

EID: 19044397233     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.7518     Document Type: Article

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