Neurobehavioral changes of shipyard painters exposed to mixed organic solvents.
Ind Health
; 43(2): 320-6, 2005 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-15895847
ABSTRACT
This study was conducted to evaluate neurobehavioral changes arising from occupational exposure to organic solvents among shipyard painters and to establish whether a dose-effect relation existed where there was any observed impairment of neurobehavioral performance by running the test of Simple Reaction Time (SRT), Symbol Digit Substitution (SD), and Finger Tapping Speed (FT) with a computer-assisted neurobehavioral test battery. The study group consisted of 180 shipyard painters and 60 reference workers. The workers answered a self-administered questionnaire on occupational, medical history, and demographic characteristics including age, work duration, education level, and quantity and frequency of alcohol and smoking, and performed three psychometric tests on the Korean Computerized Neurobehavioral tests. To estimate cumulative exposure level, samples of ambient air on 61 painters were analyzed using a gas chromatograph. Shipyard painters and the reference group showed significant differences in the results of test of SD, FT of dominant hand, and FT of non-dominant hand. The test results of SD of shipyard painters also showed significant difference by duration of work. This suggests that occupational exposure of organic solvent could induce neurobehavioral changes in the shipyard painters. Therefore an objective neurobehavioral tests recommended on evaluating neurobehavioral performance of long-term solvent-exposed shipyard workers.
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Assunto principal:
Compostos Orgânicos
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Pintura
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Transtornos Psicomotores
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Solventes
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Exposição Ocupacional
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Adult
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Humans
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Middle aged
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ind Health
Ano de publicação:
2005
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Article