Occupational exposure to different levels of mixed organic solvents and colour vision impairment

Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 558-562

  Attarchi, Mir Saeed ^a   Labbafinejad, Yasser ^a   Mohammadi, Saber ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Colour vision impairment; Occupational exposure; Solvents

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPTOMETRY; PAINTER; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; VISION TEST; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77955517127     PISSN: 08920362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ntt.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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