Electrophysiological evidence for impairment of contrast sensitivity in mercury vapor occupational intoxication

Environmental Research

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 132-138

  Costa, Marcelo Fernandes ^a   Tomaz, Sandra ^a   de Souza, John Manuel ^a   Silveira, Luiz Carlos de Lima ^b   Ventura, Dora Fix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Contrast sensitivity; Mercury toxicity; Occupational exposure; Visual evoked potential; Visual function impairment

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

EYE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED VISUAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MALE; MERCURIALISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, VISUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 41949126899     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.10.007     Document Type: Article

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