Sleep disturbances and occupational exposure to solvents

Sleep Medicine Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 235-243

  Viaene, Mineke ^a,b   Vermeir, Griet ^b   Godderis, Lode ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Governmental Psychiatric Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chronic solvent encephalopathy; Fatigue; Insomnia; Occupational exposure; Organic solvents; Sleep apnoea syndrome

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ANOSMIA; BRAIN TOXICITY; CHRONIC SOLVENT ENCEPHALOPATHY; COLOR VISION DEFECT; FATIGUE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MEMORY DISORDER; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYNEUROPATHY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER;

ATTENTION; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; HUMANS; MEMORY DISORDERS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 67349138878     PISSN: 10870792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.smrv.2008.07.003     Document Type: Review

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