Effects of sarin on the nervous system of subway workers seven years after the Tokyo subway sarin attack

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 299-304

  Miyaki, Koichi ^a   Nishiwaki, Yuji ^a   Maekawa, Kazuhiko ^b   Ogawa, Yasutaka ^c   Asukai, Nozomu ^d   Yoshimura, Kimio ^e   Etoh, Norihito ^a   Matsumoto, Yukio ^a   Kikuchi, Yuriko ^a   Kumagai, Nami ^a   Omae, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b The Mutualaid Association of Public School Teachers)   (Japan)

^c National Institute of Industrial Health   (Japan)

^d TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Neurotoxicity; Sarin; Terrorism; Tokyo Subway Sarin Attack

Indexed keywords

SARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; JAPAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL TEST; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTOXICITY; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; VICTIM; VISION TEST;

ADULT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RAILROADS; SARIN; TOKYO;

EID: 25444489291     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.47.299     Document Type: Article

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