[Functional disorders of the nervous system of female workers in the rubber industry exposed to benzine vapors].

Neurological examinations were carried out in 173 women working in Rubber Industry Plant "Stomil" employed at work posts involving the exposure to petrol vapours. It has been found than in 43.4% of subjects, the functional disorders of nervous system are more prevalent than in women from the control group occupationally unexposed to any neurotoxic substances. The age of the examined women had no significant effect on the occurrence of the above mentioned disorders whereas long period of work affected increasingly the prevalence of functional disorders in women working under conditions of exposure to petrol vapours. Clinical picture was characterized by a number of non-specific symptoms of different degree of intensity and among the ailments--sleep disturbances were often encountered.