Exposure and susceptibility: Schizophrenia in a young man following prolonged high exposures to organic solvents

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 603-607

  Stein, Yael ^a   Finkelstein, Yoram ^b   Levy Nativ, Or ^a   Bonne, Omer ^c   Aschner, Michael ^d   Richter, Elihu D ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHAARE ZEDEK MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Case report; Encephalopathy; Environmental and occupational exposures; Organic solvents; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; ISOBUTANOL; LEAD; ORGANIC SOLVENT; SEDATIVE AGENT; TOLUENE; TRANQUILIZER; XYLENE;

ADULT; AGITATION; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CRYING; DELIRIUM; DEPRESSION; DISORIENTATION; DIZZINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FATIGUE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; ISRAEL; MALE; MYALGIA; NAUSEA; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTLESSNESS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNSTEADINESS; VIOLENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW LITERATURE AS TOPIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOLVENTS;

EID: 77956228855     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2010.06.010     Document Type: Article

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