Prospective study on neurotoxic effects in manganese-exposed bridge construction welders

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 596-605

  Bowler, Rosemarie M ^a   Gocheva, Vihra ^a   Harris, Matthew ^b   Ngo, Long ^c   Abdelouahab, Nadia ^d   Wilkinson, Jayne ^e   Doty, Richard L ^e   Park, Robert ^f   Roels, Harry A ^g  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Follow up study; Manganese; Neurological; Neuropsychological; Welders

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HAND TREMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SMELLING; TOUCH; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; WELDING;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFINED SPACES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE POISONING; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WELDING;

EID: 82455213004     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2011.06.004     Document Type: Article

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