N-hexane neuropathy in offset printers.
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N-hexane neuropathy in offset printers.
In an offset printing factory with 56 workers, 20 (36%) developed symptomatic peripheral neuropathy due to exposure to n-hexane. Another 26 workers (46%) were found to have subclinical neuropathy. The initial change in the nerve conduction study was reduced amplitude of the sensory action potentials, followed by reduced amplitude of the motor action potentials, reduction in motor conduction vel...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.56.5.538