Neurological deficits in solvent-exposed painters; a syndrome including impaired colour vision, cognitive defects, tremor and loss of vibration sensation

摘要

Five individuals are described who had particip- ated in a study of former dockyard painters. All had worked between 16 years and 45 years as industrial painters, much of the time inside ships. All underwent structured neurological exaina- Tion, colour vision testing (allowing calculation Of a colour confusion index corrected for age and Alcohol), and detailed psychometric testing.