Long-term neuropsychological impact of brief occupational exposure to organic solvents

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 655-665

  Wood, Rodger Ll ^a   Liossi, Christina ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Neuropsychological profile; Organic solvents

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLECT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLVENT EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 20444437957     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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