How does an occupational neurologist assess welders and steelworkers for a manganese-induced movement disorder? An international team's experiences in Guanxi, China Part II

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1562-1564

  Rutchik, Jonathan S ^a,b   Zheng, Wei ^a,b,c   Jiang, Yueming ^a,b,d   Mo, Xuean ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Neomacom   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GUANGXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDETATE CALCIUM; MANGANESE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; MALE; MANGANESE INDUCED MOVEMENT DISORDER; MANGANESE URINE LEVEL; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROLOGIST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; TREMOR; URINE LEVEL; WELDING;

ADULT; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE POISONING; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; STEEL; WELDING;

EID: 84871733351     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: 15365948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e318216d01b     Document Type: Review

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