Low-level hydrocarbon solvent exposure and neurobehavioural effects.

The neurobehavioural effects of chronic exposure to organic solvents

Neurobehavioural effects of occupational exposure to organic solvents among construction painters.

A cross sectional study of 101 construction painters was performed to investigate the relation between exposure to mixed organic solvents and changes in central nervous system function. Solvent exposure was estimated using questionnaire data to derive an exposure index (a measure of intensity of exposure) and to estimate the duration and frequency of exposure. Adverse effects on the central ner...

Neuropsychological effects of exposure to naphtha among automotive workers.

The association between exposure to naphtha and neurobehavioural measures was examined prospectively over one year among workers employed at an automotive plant that used naphtha to calibrate fuel injectors. The neurobehavioural tests included those that assess mood, basic intelligence, and functioning of the cerebral frontal lobes and limbic system and were designed so that acute, reversible, ...

Relation between colour vision loss and occupational styrene exposure.

Apart from uncertainties on study design adequacy and possible selection bias inherent to cross sectional studies, other issues often emerge from such studies in the industrial setting when trying to link rather subtle subclinical effects with neurotoxicant exposure. This is also the case in the study by Gong and colleagues, dealing with increased colour confusion index (CCI) in occupational st...

Evoked potentials and cerebral blood flow ' in solvent induced psycho - organic syndrome

Epidemiological studies have provided evidence that neuropsychiatric symptoms are induced by long term exposure to solvents; individual diagnosis with psychometric tests, however, is not always possible (for example, when the patient has linguistic difficulties). Therefore evoked potentials and cerebral blood flow were studied in 50 patients occupationally exposed to solvents who were referred ...