Effect of chronic and subchronic organic solvents exposure on balance control of workers in plant manufacturing adhesive materials

Neurotoxicity Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 179-186

  Herpin, Guillaume ^a,b   Gargouri, Imed ^c,d,e   Gauchard, Gérome C ^a,b   Nisse, Catherine ^d   Khadhraoui, Moncef ^c   Elleuch, Boubaker ^c   Zmirou Navier, Denis ^a,b   Perrin, Philippe P ^a,b,f  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

^e HEDI CHAKER HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Balance control; Chronic and subchronic exposure; Neurotoxicity; Organic solvents; Sensory conflicting situations

Indexed keywords

2 BUTANONE; ACETONE; HEXANE; ORGANIC SOLVENT; TOLUENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY POSTURE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIFT WORKER; STABILOGRAPHY; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADHESIVES; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POSTURAL BALANCE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SENSATION DISORDERS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349750289     PISSN: 10298428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12640-009-9018-0     Document Type: Article

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