Occupational styrene exposure, colour vision and contrast sensitivity: A cohort study with repeated measurements

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 757-770

  Seeber, Andreas ^a   Bruckner, Thomas ^a   Triebig, Gerhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic exposure; Colour vision; Confounders; Contrast sensitivity; Current exposure; Styrene

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; MANDELIC ACID; PHENYLGLYOXYLIC ACID; STYRENE;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOR VISION; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CREATININE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; GLYOXYLATES; HUMANS; MALE; MANDELIC ACIDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STYRENE; VISUAL PATHWAYS;

EID: 67349198029     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-009-0416-7     Document Type: Article

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