Solvents impair balance in man

Noise and Health

Volumn 4, Issue 14, 2002, Pages 63-71

  Aylott, Susan ^a   Prasher, Deepak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dizziness; Imbalance; Solvents; Toxicity; Vestibular disturbance

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

ARTICLE; BALANCE IMPAIRMENT; DIZZINESS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; WORKER;

EID: 22744432694     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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