Psychiatric disorders and occupational exposure to solvents.
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Psychiatric disorders and occupational exposure to solvents.
Three hundred and eighty one men admitted to hospital for the first time with any psychiatric diagnosis were individually matched for age and year to patients admitted to general hospitals. An occupational history was obtained from 90% of this study group by telephone interview or mail. Exposure to solvents was assessed by three methods, individual rating of each job recorded, application of an...
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عنوان ژورنال: Occupational and Environmental Medicine
سال: 1992
ISSN: 1351-0711
DOI: 10.1136/oem.49.12.820