Manganese exposure among smelting workers: Relationship between blood manganese-iron ratio and early onset neurobehavioral alterations

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1214-1222

  Cowan, Dallas M ^a   Zheng, Wei ^a   Zou, Yan ^b   Shi, Xiujuan ^c   Chen, Jian ^c   Rosenthal, Frank S ^a   Fan, Qiyuan ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZUNYI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guizhou Institute of Occupational Safety and Health   (China)

Author keywords

Early onset neurobehavioral alterations; Exposure assessment; Manganese; Manganese iron ratio

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; IRON; MANGANESE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY DISORDER; MORBIDITY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMELTER; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRON; MALE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE POISONING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 71049181470     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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