Memory performance profile in occupational chronic solvent encephalopathy suggests working memory dysfunction

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1307-1326

  Akila, Ritva ^a   Müller, Kiti ^a   Kaukiainen, Ari ^a   Sainio, Markku ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL; AROMATIC COMPOUND; ETHER; GLYCOL; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; HEXANE; KETONE; STYRENE; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; AMNESIA; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BRAIN DISEASE; CAMBRIDGE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST AUTOMATED BATTERY; CHRONIC SOLVENT ENCEPHALOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAIRED ASSOCIATE LEARNING; PATTERN RECOGNITION MEMORY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RECOGNITION MEMORY; SPATIAL SPAN; SPATIAL WORKING MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ASSOCIATION LEARNING; BRAIN DAMAGE, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOLVENTS; SPACE PERCEPTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33750055036     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803390500477515     Document Type: Article

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