Quantitative tremor assessment in workers with current low exposure to mercury vapor

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 681-693

  Wastensson, Gunilla ^a   Lamoureux, Daniel ^b   Sällsten, Gerd ^a   Beuter, Anne ^b,c   Barregård, Lars ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Chloralkali workers; Mercury vapor; Quantitative methods; Tremor

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MERCURIALISM; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREMOR;

ADULT; AGED; FINGERS; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; KINETICS; LASERS; MALE; MERCURY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREMOR;

EID: 33751531803     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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