| Document ID (ISN) | 73519 |
| CIS number |
99-1585 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0340-0131 - International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health |
| Year |
1999 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Jang J.Y., Lee S.Y., Kim J.I., Park J.B., Lee K.J., Chung H. K. |
| Title |
Application of biological monitoring to the quantitative exposure assessment for neuropsychological effect by chronic exposure to organic solvents |
| Bibliographic information |
Mar. 1999, Vol.72, No.2, p.107-114. 57 ref. |
| Abstract |
Environmental and biological monitoring were carried out at a shipyard to evaluate the exposure of workers to organic solvents. Cumulative exposure and lifetime-weighted average exposure variables were developed with both environmental and biological monitoring data. A neuropsychological questionnaire and function tests were performed for confirmation of a disorder or dysfunction in attention, executive function, visuospatial and constructional abilities, learning and memory, and psychomotor function. The abnormal rate in neuropsychological diagnosis was 9.3% in the exposed group and 2.1% in the nonexposed group. The neuropsychological abnormal rate showed a significant dose-response association with cumulative exposure assessed with biological monitoring data. Topics: cognitive performance; determination in air; determination in urine; dose-response relationship; exposure evaluation; job-exposure relation; long-term exposure; neuropsychic effects; organic solvents; shipyards. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
shipyards; neuropsychic effects; exposure evaluation; organic solvents |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
cognitive performance; long-term exposure; determination in urine; job-exposure relation; determination in air; dose-response relationship |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Country / State or Province | Korea, Republic of |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Diseases of the nervous system
Shipbuliding and ship repair
Exposure evaluation
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