A cross-sectional study of triallate exposure and neurological health among workers at a pesticide manufacturing and formulating facility

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 936-944

  Sathiakumar, N ^a   Delzell, E ^a   MacLennan, P A ^a   Anne, M ^b   Rosenberg, N L ^c   Cheng, H ^a   Myers, S L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE; TRIALLATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERONEUS NERVE; PEST CONTROL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURAL NERVE; VIBRATION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; TRIALLATE; VIBRATION;

EID: 6344228310     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.013128     Document Type: Article

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