Detecting chronic solvent encephalopathy in occupations at risk

Neurotoxicology
Heidi FuruAri Kaukiainen

Abstract

Chronic solvent encephalopathy (CSE) is under-reported worldwide due to difficulties in recognition and differences in national legislation. Although its occurrence in developed countries has declined, new cases continue to be detected. Our aim was to determine whether CSE can be detected in risk trades, using a stepwise screening procedure. Another aim was to evaluate if this method detects more cases than present occupational health service (OHS) practices do in Finland, a country with decreasing exposures, high OHS coverage and an annual rate of around forty cases of suspected CSE and seven cases of occupational CSE. The studied fields, based on the national occurrence of CSE, were industrial and construction painting, floor layering, the printing press industry, boat construction, reinforced plastic laminating and the metal industry. We obtained contact information from trade union registers and municipal OHS. A postal survey including the Euroquest (EQ) neurotoxic symptom questionnaire, Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (Audit-C), and questions on exposure and medical conditions, was sent to 3,640 workers in the age range of 30-65 years in two Finnish provinces....Continue Reading

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May 9, 2012·Neurotoxicology·Gert van der Laan, Markku Sainio
Jan 28, 2014·Neurotoxicology·Heidi FuruAri Kaukiainen
Feb 1, 2014·Neurología : publicación oficial de la Sociedad Española de Neurología·D MarhuendaM A Oliveras
Oct 28, 2015·Occupational Medicine·Gert van der LaanEvelien van Valen
Jul 20, 2019·Occupational and Environmental Medicine·Heidi M FuruAri Kaukiainen
Jul 14, 2017·International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health·Miriam SiegelFred Gerr
Mar 30, 2018·International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health·Heidi FuruAri Kaukiainen

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