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ID (ISN) del documento58820
Número CIS 92-1644
ISSN - Título de la serie 0355-3140 - Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment and Health
Año 1991
Número de serie
Autor(es) Wennberg A., Iregren A., Struwe G., Cizinsky G., Hagman M., Johansson L.
Título Manganese exposure in steel smelters - A health hazard for the nervous system
Información bibliográfica Aug. 1991, Vol.17, No.4, p.255-262. Illus. 22 ref.
Resumen Study of the effects of low-level exposure to manganese (0.19-1.39mg/m3 for 1-45 years) on 30 men (aged 20-64 years) from two steel smelting works and 60 unexposed referents (aged 22-65 years). The investigation covered: a general health inquiry, electroencephalography (EEG), brain-stem and cerebral auditory evoked potentials, diadochokinesometry, simple and complex reaction time, finger tapping, digit span, mental arithmetic, vocabulary, a coding task, manual dexterity, diagnostic interview scheme, dynamic rating scale for neurasthenic syndrome, and a comprehensive psychopathological rating scale. No group differences were found concerning health, the EEG or the psychiatric examinations. However, the diadochokinesis was slower, the P-300 latency and reaction time were increased, and finger-tapping and digit-span performance were impaired in the exposed group. The effects are interpreted as early (subclinical) signs of disturbances of the same type as parkinsonism. (A longer version of this article was published as a Swedish-language monograph in 1990, see CIS 91-949).
Descriptores (primarios) manganeso; enfermedades del sistema nervioso central; fundiciones; fabricas metalúrgicas; acerías; síntomas
Descriptores (secundarios) tests de las funciones del sistema nervioso; enfermedad de Parkinson; estudio comparado; tests psicológicos; siderurgia; electroencefalografía
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
País / Estado o ProvinciaSuecia
Tema(s) Metalurgia, trabajo de los metales
Broad subject area(s) Riesgos químicos
Navegación por categoria(s) Diseases of the nervous system
Inorganic substances
Foundries, metalcasting and forging operations
Smelting and refining operations
Iron and steel industry