Vestibular and balance findings in nonsymptomatic workers exposed to styrene and dichloromethane

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 50, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 815-822

  Zamyslowska Szmytke, Ewa ^a   Sliwinska Kowalska, Mariola ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dichloromethane; Posturography; Styrene; Vestibular assessment; VNG

Indexed keywords

DICHLOROMETHANE; SOLVENT; STYRENE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPTOKINETIC NYSTAGMUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLAND; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SMOOTH PURSUIT EYE MOVEMENT; TIME; VESTIBULAR DISORDER; VESTIBULAR TEST; VESTIBULE; VIDEORECORDING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHYLENE CHLORIDE; MIDDLE AGED; NYSTAGMUS, OPTOKINETIC; NYSTAGMUS, PHYSIOLOGIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; POSTURAL BALANCE; PURSUIT, SMOOTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SACCADES; SENSATION DISORDERS; SOLVENTS; STYRENE; TIME FACTORS; VESTIBULAR DISEASES; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION TESTS; VESTIBULE, LABYRINTH; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 80054064348     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: 17088186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14992027.2011.599872     Document Type: Article

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