Welder's maculopathy?

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 681-685

  Maier, Richard ^a   Heilig, Peter ^a   Winker, Robert ^a   Neudorfer, Barbara ^b   Hoeranter, Robert ^c   Ruediger, Hugo ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b KRANKENHAUS DER BARMHERZIGEN BRÜDER   (Austria)

^c Eye Department   (Austria)

Author keywords

Multifocal electroretinogram; Retina; Welding; Welding arc maculopathy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEGLIGENCE; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RETINA MACULOPATHY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WELDING;

ADULT; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; WELDING;

EID: 27844451459     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-005-0013-3     Document Type: Article

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