Occupational solvent exposure and brain function: An fMRI study

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 119, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 908-913

  Tang, Cheuk Ying ^a   Carpenter, David M ^a   Eaves, Emily L ^a   Ng, Johnny ^a   Ganeshalingam, Nimalya ^a   Weisel, Clifford ^b   Qian, Hua ^b   Lange, Gudrun ^b   Fiedler, Nancy L ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain function; fMRI; Solvent exposure

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; LEAD; SOLVENT;

ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN DISEASE; CANNABIS SMOKING; CARPENTER; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEAD BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINTER; PARIETAL CORTEX; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SYMPTOM; UNITED STATES; WORKER; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEW JERSEY; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHILADELPHIA; SOLVENTS;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 79960032858     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1002529     Document Type: Article

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