Acquired dyschromatopsia among petrochemical industry workers exposed to benzene

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 356-363

  Lee, Eun Hee ^a   Eum, Ki Do ^a   Cho, Sung Il ^a   Cheong, Hae Kwan ^b   Paek, Do Myung ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Benzene; Color vision loss; Organic solvent

Indexed keywords

BENZENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WORKER;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZENE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLVENTS;

EID: 34249715779     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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