Occupational exposure to solvents and cognitive performance in the GAZEL cohort: Preliminary results

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-19

  Berr, C ^a,b   Vercambre, M N ^a,c   Bonenfant, S ^d   Singh Manoux, A ^d,e   Zins, M ^d   Goldberg, M ^d  

^a Montpellier 1 University   (France)

^b MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c MGEN Foundation for Public Health   (France)

^d LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^e Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical exposure; Cognition; Cohort; Midlife; Occupation; Solvent

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; BENZENE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DICHLOROMETHANE; HYDRAZINE; PETROLEUM; SOLVENT; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; TRICHLOROETHANE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTRICITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GAS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

AGED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 77954190196     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000315498     Document Type: Article

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