Longitudinal study to explore chronic neuropsychologic effects on solvent exposed workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 588-596

  Ihrig, Andreas ^a   Dietz, Michael C ^a   Bader, Michael ^b   Triebig, Gerhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Complaints; Follow up; Memory; Neuropsychological tests; Neurotoxic; Organic solvents; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUTYL ACETATE; ETHYLBENZENE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; XYLENE;

ADULT; AIR MONITORING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COGNITION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINTER; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRINTING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REACTION TIME; SHOE INDUSTRY; STODDARD SOLVENT;

ADULT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROTOXINS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLVENTS;

EID: 23344432525     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.43.588     Document Type: Article

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