Ryan C M, Morrow L A, Bromet E J, Parkinson D K
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, PA 15213.
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 1987 Dec;9(6):665-79. doi: 10.1080/01688638708405209.
Neuropsychologists are being increasingly called upon to assess the neurobehavioral status of adults who have been exposed to toxic chemicals or heavy metals in the workplace. Unfortunately, the evaluation of blue-collar workers has been hampered by the absence of a brief yet comprehensive battery of sensitive neuropsychological tests that have been administered to a large cohort of demographically similar adults with no prior history of occupational exposure. In this paper we describe the development of the Pittsburgh Occupational Exposures Test Battery. We detail the procedures used to collect appropriate age-scaled norms from 182 blue-collar males, and delineate the factor structure of the test battery. We also examine the interrelationships among test scores and certain demographic variables, and discuss the epidemiologic and clinical relevance of these data.
神经心理学家越来越多地被要求评估在工作场所接触过有毒化学物质或重金属的成年人的神经行为状况。不幸的是，由于缺乏一套简短而全面的、针对大量人口统计学特征相似且无职业接触史的成年人进行过测试的敏感神经心理学测试，对蓝领工人的评估受到了阻碍。在本文中，我们描述了匹兹堡职业暴露测试组的开发过程。我们详细介绍了从182名蓝领男性中收集适当年龄量表常模的程序，并描绘了测试组的因子结构。我们还研究了测试分数与某些人口统计学变量之间的相互关系，并讨论了这些数据的流行病学和临床相关性。
