Neuropsychological effects of chronic low-dose exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs): A cross-sectional study

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Volumn 4, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Peper, Martin ^a,c   Klett, Martin ^b   Morgenstern, Rudolf ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b Public Health Service Rhein Neckar Kreis   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SEALANT;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; ATTENTION; ATTENUATION; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATION; EMOTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LEARNING; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SCHOOL; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ATTENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 27744499964     PISSN: 1476069X     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-4-22     Document Type: Article

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