Chronic neurologic effects of pesticide overexposure

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 291-304

  Keifer, Matthew C ^a   Mahurin, Roderick K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; REVIEW;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PESTICIDES;

EID: 33748953749     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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