Cognitive impairment and olfactory panic from occupational exposure to VOCs

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 862-864

  Reinhartz, Abe ^a  

^a Centres de sante des travailleurs ses de I'Ontario   (Canada)

Author keywords

1,1,1 trichloroethane; 4 phenyl cyclohexane; Odor sensitivity; Olfactory panic; Styrene; VOC; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 4 PHENYLCYCLOHEXANE; CYCLOHEXANE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; AVERSION; BRAIN PERFUSION; CANADA; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FRONTAL LOBE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; INSURANCE; LEARNING; LUNG FUNCTION; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION; OLFACTORY PANIC; PANIC; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SMELLING DISORDER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CYCLOHEXANES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MEMORY DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OLFACTION DISORDERS; PANIC; STYRENE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TRICHLOROETHANES; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33749138470     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20351     Document Type: Article

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