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ArticleJournal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea)2010

Occupational neurologic disorders in Korea.

Yangho Kim, Kyoung Sook Jeong, Yong-Hun Yun, Myoung-Soon Oh

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Article in Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Work ability score of solvent-exposed workers.International archives of occupational and environmental health · 2018
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  5. Toxic encephalopathy.Safety and health at work · 2012
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Yangho KimDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
Kyoung Sook Jeong
Yong-Hun Yun
Myoung-Soon Oh
Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital · KRKorea Occupational Safety and Health Agency · KRUlsan College · KRUlsan University Hospital · KR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article presents a schematic review of the clinical manifestations of occupational neurologic disorders in Korea and discusses the toxicologic implications of these conditions. Vascular encephalopathy, parkinsonism, chronic toxic encephalopathy, cerebellar dysfunction, peripheral neuropathy, and neurodegenerative diseases are common presentations of occupational neurotoxic syndromes in Korea. Few neurotoxins cause patients to present with pathognomic neurologic syndrome. Detailed neurologic examinations and categorization of the clinical manifestations of neurologic disorders will improve the clinical management of occupational neurologic diseases. Physicians must be aware of the typical signs and symptoms of possible exposure to neurotoxins, and they should also pay attention to less-typical, rather-vague symptoms and signs in workers because the toxicologic characteristics of occupational neurologic diseases in Korea have changed from typical patterns to less-typical or equivocal patterns. This shift is likely to be due to several years of low-dose exposure, perhaps combined with the effects of aging, and new types of possibly toxicant-related neurodegenerative diseases. Close collaboration between neurologists and occupational physicians is needed to determine whether neurologic disorders are work-related.

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neurologic disordersoccupational diseasetoxicology

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PMID20607045
PMCPMC2895226
OpenAlexW2132645857

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