Cognitive function in a cohort of Danish steel workers

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 328-335

  Blond, Morten ^a   Netterstrom, Bo ^a   Laursen, Peter ^b  

^a HILLERØD HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b Danish Working Environment Authority   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cognitive function scanner ; Neuropsychological; Neurotoxicity; Occupational exposure to manganese; Steel worker

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MANGANESE;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; LEARNING; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKER;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEAD; MALE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE POISONING; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STEEL;

EID: 34249655121     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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