State-of-the-science review: Does manganese exposure during welding pose a neurological risk?

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part B: Critical Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 417-465

  Santamaria, Annette B ^a   Cushing, Colleen A ^b   Antonini, James M ^c   Finley, Brent L ^d   Mowat, Fionna S ^b  

^a ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^b EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^d CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; MANGANESE;

AIR CONDITIONING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; BATTERY INDUSTRY; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BIOAVAILABILITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTOXICATION; MINER; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING; WELDING; WELDING FUME;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANIMALS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MANGANESE; MANGANESE POISONING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARKINSON DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WELDING;

EID: 34548096463     PISSN: 10937404     EISSN: 15216950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390600975004     Document Type: Article

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