Solvent exposure and cognitive ability at age 67: A follow-up study of the 1947 Scottish Mental Survey

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 401-407

  Dick, Finlay D ^a   Bourne, Victoria J ^b   Semple, Sean E ^a   Fox, Helen C ^a   Miller, Brian G ^c   Deary, Ian J ^d   Whalley, Lawrence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SMOKING; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND; SOLVENTS; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

EID: 77953775599     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2009.047977     Document Type: Article

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