Neurocognitive effects in welders exposed to aluminium

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 347-356

  Giorgianni, Concetto Mario ^a   D'arrigo, Graziella ^a   Brecciaroli, Renato ^a   Abbate, Adriana ^a   Spatari, Giovanna ^a   Tringali, Maria Antonietta ^b   Gangemi, Silvia ^a   De Luca, Annamaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b Dip Medicina Sociale del Territorio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aluminium; NCS; neurocognitive test

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; HEAVY METAL; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; ZINC;

ADULT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WELDING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STROOP TEST; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; ALUMINUM; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; WELDING;

EID: 84899860125     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: 14770393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233712456062     Document Type: Article

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