Psychological effects of occupational exposure to organic solvent mixtures on printers

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2004, Pages 798-807

  Böckelmann, Irina ^a   Pfister, E A ^a   Peters, B ^a   Duchstein, S ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINTING; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 4043172807     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280410001696719     Document Type: Article

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