Neurobehavioral effects of experimental exposures to low levels of styrene

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 183-192

  Seeber, Andreas ^a   Blaszkewicz, Meinolf ^a   Golka, Klaus ^a   Hallier, Ernst ^b   Kiesswetter, Ernst ^a   Schäper, Michael ^a   Van Thriel, Christoph ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Experimental exposure; Neurobehavioral methods; Styrene; Time of day

Indexed keywords

STYRENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; RESPONSE TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 2942580905     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2003.12.072     Document Type: Article

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