Blood concentrations of selected volatile organic compounds and neurobehavioral performance in a population-based sample

Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-25

  Wu, Tiejian ^a   Bhanegaonkar, Abhijeet J ^b   Flowers, Joanne W ^a  

^a EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical exposure; Epidemiology; Neurobehavioral test

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLOROETHANE; 1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,1,2 TRICHLOROETHANE; 1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHANE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; 1,2 DICHLOROPROPANE; 1,3 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; 2 BUTANONE; ACETONE; BENZENE; BROMODICHLOROMETHANE; BROMOFORM; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROFORM; DIBROMOCHLOROMETHANE; DIBROMOMETHANE; DICHLOROMETHANE; ETHYLBENZENE; STYRENE; TETRACHLOROETHANE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VINYLIDENE CHLORIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LEARNING TEST; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ADULT; BLOOD; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 34247624582     PISSN: 19338244     EISSN: 21544700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/AEOH.61.1.17-25     Document Type: Article

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