| Document ID (ISN) | 44716 |
| CIS number |
85-1665 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0007-1072 - British Journal of Industrial Medicine |
| Year |
1985 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Jeyaratnam J., Devathasan G., Ong C.N., Phoon W.O., Wong P.K. |
| Title |
Neurophysiological studies on workers exposed to lead |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 1985, Vol.42, No.3, p.173-177. 12 ref. |
| Abstract |
This study involved 46 workers exposed to both organic and inorganic lead in the workplace (mean blood lead concentration: 2.35µmol/L), and 64 workers without lead exposure (mean blood lead concentration: 0.76µmol/L). Significant neurological changes among the exposed workers included: lower nerve conduction velocities of the median and posterior tibial nerves; prolonged somatosensory evoked potential of the same nerves, when measured at the negative and positive deflections; prolonged distal latency. No EEG abnormalities were found among the exposed workers. Subclinical neurological damage can thus be detected among lead-exposed workers by measuring nerve conduction velocities, somatosensory evoked potential and distal latency. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
neurotoxic effects; reaction time; lead; nervous conduction disorders |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
exposure tests; electroencephalographic changes |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Inorganic substances
Diseases of the nervous system
Lead and compounds
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