Subclinical abnormalities in workers with continuous low-level toluene exposure

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 691-699

  Shih, Hsu Tzu ^a   Yu, Chin Lin ^b   Wu, Ming Tsang ^c   Liu, Chiu Shong ^d   Tsai, Chon Haw ^d   Hung, Dong Zong ^d   Wu, Chun Shing ^a   Kuo, Hisen Wen ^b  

^a KUANG TIEN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

hippuric acid; questionnaire; sympathetic skin response; Toluene; toxicity

Indexed keywords

HIPPURIC ACID; TOLUENE;

APTITUDE TEST; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE SEVERITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SYMPATHETIC NERVE; TAIWAN; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HEMATOLOGIC TESTS; HIPPURATES; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN; TOLUENE;

EID: 80054758456     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233710395348     Document Type: Article

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