Is there a risk of developing neurological disorders after exposure to manganese in current Danish work environments?;Risiko for ekstrapyramidal lidelse ved udsættelse for mangan under nutidige danske arbejdsforhold?

Ugeskrift for Laeger

Volumn 166, Issue 49, 2004, Pages 4461-4464

  Rasmussen, Anne Almskou ^b   Thulstrup, Ane Marie ^b   Kolstad, Henrik Albert ^b   Bonde, Jens Peter Ellekilde ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; DENMARK; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; METAL INDUSTRY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SHORT SURVEY; WELDING;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; MANGANESE; RISK FACTORS; WELDING;

EID: 9744276734     PISSN: 00415782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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