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7085088

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-8-26
pubmed:abstractText
Renal function and psychomotor performance (eye-hand coordination, arm-hand steadiness) of a group of 43 workers exposed to mercury vapor were examined. Their mean age an average duration of exposure to mercury were 38 and 5 years, respectively. The results were compared with those in a matched group of 47 control workers. Increased proteinuria and albuminuria were found slightly more prevalent in the Hg-exposed group than in the control workers. These results are in agreement with those found during a previous study carrier out in another group of workers also exposed to elemental mercury (Buchet et al. 1980). The scores of the psychomotor tests were less satisfactory in the Hg workers than in the control workers, the arm-hand steadiness test being more discriminative than the eye-hand coordination test. Preclinical changes in psychomotor function can be detected independently of the presence of signs of renal dysfunction. No clear-cut relationships were found between the prevalence of abnormal psychomotor scores and the level of mercury in blood (HgB) or in urine (HgU). Increased prevalences of abnormal psychomotor scores seem however to occur for HgB between 1 and 2 micrograms/100 and for HgU between 50 and 100 micrograms/g creatinine. Therefore, a biologic threshold limit value of 50 micrograms/g creatinine in proposed for urinary mercury to prevent the development of preclinical effects on the central nervous system. A similar critical HgU level based on renal dysfunction prevalences has been suggested in a previous study.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0340-0131
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
77-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1982
pubmed:articleTitle
Comparison of renal function and psychomotor performance in workers exposed to elemental mercury.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't