A cluster of neurological signs and symptoms in soil fumigators

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 159-163

  Magnavita, Nicola ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; METHYL BROMIDE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOIL; URINE;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AUDIOMETRY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FUMIGATION; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; SOIL;

EID: 67649637807     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.N8007     Document Type: Article

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