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An Evaluation of the Effects of Chronic Mercury Exposures on EMG and Psychomotor Functions.

PB232805

Publication Date	1973
Personal Author	Chaffin, D. B.; Dinman, B. D.; Miller, J. M.; Smith, R. G.; Zontine, D. H.
Page Count	216
Abstract	The report is a cross-sectional study involving both neurological and psychomotor skill assessments of 142 industrial workers from four different plants. None of the workers reported being clinically ill from mercury at the time of the study. Seventy seven of the workers were routinely exposed to inorganic mercury vapor in the course of their jobs. The primary health status indicators employed in the study were: forearm tremor, surface electromyography and discrete positioning eye-hand coordination. Psychomotor tests and clinical neurological examinations were included in the study. The statistical findings of the study are used as the basis for a recommendation that specific quantitative neurological and psychomotor tests, such as those described in the study, be used in industrial medical departments to routinely evaluate the health of workers exposed to inorganic mercury.
Keywords	Hazardous materials Industrial medicine Mercury inorganic compounds Toxicity Criteria Inspection Standards Recommendations Industrial hygiene Electromyography Psychomotor tests Exposure Evaluation Neurology Industrial atmospheres Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 Toxic hazards
Source Agency	Invalid Source Agency Code
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 57Y - Toxicology
Corporate Authors	Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. May 71-Jan 73.
NTIS Issue Number	197417
Contract Number	HSM-099-71-62

An Evaluation of the Effects of Chronic Mercury Exposures on EMG and Psychomotor Functions.

An Evaluation of the Effects of Chronic Mercury Exposures on EMG and Psychomotor Functions.
PB232805

Publication Date	1973
Personal Author	Chaffin, D. B.; Dinman, B. D.; Miller, J. M.; Smith, R. G.; Zontine, D. H.
Page Count	216
Abstract	The report is a cross-sectional study involving both neurological and psychomotor skill assessments of 142 industrial workers from four different plants. None of the workers reported being clinically ill from mercury at the time of the study. Seventy seven of the workers were routinely exposed to inorganic mercury vapor in the course of their jobs. The primary health status indicators employed in the study were: forearm tremor, surface electromyography and discrete positioning eye-hand coordination. Psychomotor tests and clinical neurological examinations were included in the study. The statistical findings of the study are used as the basis for a recommendation that specific quantitative neurological and psychomotor tests, such as those described in the study, be used in industrial medical departments to routinely evaluate the health of workers exposed to inorganic mercury.
Keywords	Hazardous materials Industrial medicine Mercury inorganic compounds Toxicity Criteria Inspection Standards Recommendations Industrial hygiene Electromyography Psychomotor tests Exposure Evaluation Neurology Industrial atmospheres Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 Toxic hazards
Source Agency	Invalid Source Agency Code
NTIS Subject Category	57U - Public Health & Industrial Medicine 94D - Job Environment 68G - Environmental Health & Safety 57Y - Toxicology
Corporate Authors	Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. May 71-Jan 73.
NTIS Issue Number	197417
Contract Number	HSM-099-71-62