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[Changes in the nervous system due to occupational metallic mercury poisoning].
Neurol Neurochir Pol
May 1998
Kliniki Chorób Zawodowych Instytutu Medycyny Pracy i Zdrowia Srodowiskowego w Sosnowcu.
At the Institute of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health, during 12 years, chronic mercury intoxication was diagnosed in 34 persons. There were male workers tending technological processes in which Hg was used as a catalyst (synthesis of acetic aldehyde and obtaining chlorine). The length of professional exposure was 13-34 years (mean 20.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNeurotoxic syndromes and occupational exposure to solvents.
Environ Res
January 1993
LEL Employment Pension Fund, Helsinki, Finland.
Neurotoxic syndromes due to occupational solvent exposure present a worldwide health problem, the magnitude of which varies from country to country. Apart from the relatively clear-cut exposure-effect relationships in acute solvent intoxications, those caused by long-term, low-level occupational exposure to solvents are more difficult to detect. Controversial opinions and even debate are frequently encountered in literature on this matter.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPsychiatric and neurological symptoms in workers occupationally exposed to organic solvents--results of a differential epidemiological study.
Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl
August 1983
It is accepted knowledge today that repeated intoxication with organic solvents damages the central nervous system and causes persistent psycho-organic symptoms. That long-term but low-level occupational exposure--typical o painters and other blue-collar workers--can also induce such disorders has not generally been recognized. The present epidemiological study was undertaken to evaluate the possible neuropsychiatric effects of such exposure.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFClinical prognosis of patients with diagnosed chronic solvent intoxication.
Acta Neurol Scand
May 1982
The clinical symptoms and signs of 80 patients with chronic organic solvent intoxication were evaluated after 3-9 years (mean 5.8 years) of follow-up. Thirty-one of the patients had slight clinical neurological signs at the time of diagnosis while the rest of the patients had only neurophysiological or psychological disturbances.
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