Some observations on workers exposed to methylene chloride.
- 1 November 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Occupational and Environmental Medicine
- Vol. 38 (4) , 351-355
- https://doi.org/10.1136/oem.38.4.351
Abstract
An excess of self-reported neurological symptoms was found when 46 men exposed to methylene chloride at concentrations < 100 ppm were compared with a non-exposed referent group. A follow-up study on 29 men was carried out to see whether there was any neuropsychological damage in the exposed men. Age-matched controls were selected from among men working on a similar process with no exposure to solvents. Each man in the study had a clinical examination; motor conduction velocities were measured in the ulnar and median nerves; ECG was taken and a psychological test battery designed to detect minimal brain damage was administered. No evidence was found of long-term damage that could be attributed to exposure to methylene chloride.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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