Objective neuropsychological test performance of professional divers reporting a subjective complaint of "forgetfulness or loss of concentration"

Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 310-317

  Taylor, Claire ^a   Macdiarmid, Jennifer I ^a   Ross, John A S ^a   Osman, Liesl M ^a   Watt, Stephen J ^a   Adie, Wendy ^a   Crawford, John R ^a   Lawson, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diving; Memory; Neuropsychological test

Indexed keywords

MEMORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DIVER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OFFSHORE OIL INDUSTRY; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; VERBAL MEMORY; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

EID: 33748426075     PISSN: 03553140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5271/sjweh.1015     Document Type: Article

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