Neuropsychological health in F-111 aircraft maintenance workers

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 852-860

  Schofield, Peter W ^a   Gibson, Richard ^b   Tavener, Meredith ^b   Attia, John R ^b   D'Este, Catherine ^b   Guest, Maya ^b   Brown, Anthony M ^c   Lee, Stephen J ^d   Horsley, Keith ^e   Harrex, Warren ^f   Ross, James ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c Greater Western Area Health Service   (Australia)

^d Clinical Governance Unit   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Australia)

^f Department of Defence ^*  (Australia)

^g Australian Government Department of Defence   (Australia)

Author keywords

Air force maintenance personnel; Neuropsychological; Occupational exposure; Solvent

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

ADULT; AIRPLANE CREW; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTAL MAIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIRCRAFT; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MAINTENANCE; MALINGERING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 33747182484     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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