Neurobehavioral changes in shoe manufacturing workers
- Authors
- Lee, DH; Park, IG; Kim, JH; Lee, YH; Kim, D; Kang, SK
- Issue Date
- May-1998
- Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
- Keywords
- neurobehavioral change; mixed solvent exposure; NCTB; cumulative exposure estimate
- Citation
- NEUROTOXICOLOGY AND TERATOLOGY, v.20, no.3, pp.259 - 263
- Journal Title
- NEUROTOXICOLOGY AND TERATOLOGY
- Volume
- 20
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 259
- End Page
- 263
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/79294
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0892-0362(97)00130-X
- ISSN
- 0892-0362
- Abstract
- A study was carried out to evaluate: (a) the value of a cumulative exposure estimate (CEE) calculated from limited information on air concentration; and (b) whether chronic exposure to mixed organic solvents at a shoe manufacturing factory has induced neurobehavioral changes. The Neurobehavioral Core Test Battery was administered to 40 female workers from a shoe manufacturing factory and 28 housekeepers as referents. The airborne concentrations of the solvents as a mixture were 0.46-0.71 at the frame making process and 1.83-2.39 at the adhesive process. Performance was analyzed by three exposure indices: current department, exposure duration, and GEE. The Santa Ana Dexterity test showed statistically significant differences only in GEE. In particular, the group with higher exposures had a significantly poorer performance than the reference group, on preferred hand trials. The results suggested that CEE appeared to be a better indicator of mixed organic solvents exposure, and neurobehavioral changes were associated with CEE over 10 years. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Inc.
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