Environmental Chemicals and Nervous System Dysfunction 1
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Selected examples of associations between nervous system diseases and exposures to occupational and environmental chemicals have been reviewed. Recent outbreaks of human neurotoxicity from both wellknown and previously unknown toxicants reemphasize the need for the medical community to give increased attention to chemical causes of nervous system dysfunction.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
دوره 51 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1978