Exposure, health complaints and cognitive performance among employees of an MRI scanners manufacturing department

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-204

  De Vocht, Frank ^a   Van Drooge, Hinkelien ^a,b   Engels, Hans ^c   Kromhout, Hans ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Koninklijke Marine   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive effects; Health complaints; Mercury; Occupational exposure; Static fields

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAMERA; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EMPLOYEE; FATIGUE; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEMORY DISORDER; NAUSEA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURITUS; RHINORRHEA; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SNEEZING; TASTE DISORDER; TINNITUS; URINE LEVEL; VERTIGO; VIDEORECORDING; X RAY;

COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MERCURY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 31944438178     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.20485     Document Type: Article

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