Effects of fluoride on psychomotor performance and memory of aluminum potroom workers

Fluoride

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 158-162

  Yazdi, Seyedeh Monavar ^b   Sharifian, Akbar ^a   Dehghani Beshne, Maryam ^a   Momeni, Vahid Reza ^a   Aminian, Omid ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aluminum production; Arak; Industrial fluoride exposure; Iran; Memory ability; Neurobehavioural core test battery; Potroom workers; Psychomotor performance

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; FLUORIDE;

ADULT; ALUMINUM FACTORY; ARTICLE; BENTON VISUAL RETENTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIGIT SYMBOL TEST; EYE HAND COORDINATION; FINGER SPAN; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROBEHAVIORAL CORE TEST BATTERY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PURDUE PEGBOARD TEST; PURSUIT AIMING; REACTION TIME; SCORING SYSTEM; THYROID DISEASE; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKER;

EID: 80054098004     PISSN: 00154725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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