Occupational solvent exposure and cognition Does the association vary by level of education?

Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 1754-1760

  Sabbath, E L ^a,b,c   Glymour, M M ^a   Berr, C ^d,e   Singh Manoux, A ^b,c   Zins, M ^b,c   Goldberg, M ^b,c   Berkman, L F ^f  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UMS 011   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

^e MONTPELLIER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; SOLVENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BINOMIAL DISTRIBUTION; CHLORINATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL; WORK;

EID: 84863611025     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182583098     Document Type: Article

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