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Brief Communication

Neurotoxicity associated with exposure to 1-bromopropane in golf-club cleansing workers

Te-Hao WangDivision of Clinical Toxicology and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Ming-Ling WuDivision of Clinical Toxicology and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Ya-Hsueh WuDivision of Clinical Toxicology and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Wen-Jen TsaiDivision of Clinical Toxicology and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Kon-Ping LinFaculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;Department of Neurology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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Chao-Lin WangDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Taiwan
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Chen-Chang YangDivision of Clinical Toxicology and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Jou-Fang DengDivision of Clinical Toxicology and Occupational Medicine, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan;Faculty of Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan;Institute of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, TaiwanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 823-826 | Received 07 Dec 2014, Accepted 17 Jun 2015, Published online: 10 Jul 2015

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