Lindström K, Wickström G
Acta Psychiatr Scand Suppl. 1983;303:81-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1983.tb00944.x.
The adverse psychological effects of long-term exposure to organic solvent mixtures were studied among 219 maintenance house painters. Their mean age was 42 years and the duration of exposure 22 years. 229 reinforcement workers of the same mean age served as a nonexposed reference group. The groups were also matched according to pre-exposure intellectual level. The painters average exposure to white spirit was estimated to be 40 ppm. The maintenance house painters were characterized by defects in short-term visual memory and prolonged simple reaction times. Some slight relationships were found between low test performances and various individual indices of long-term exposure to solvents. The results implied that adverse psychological effects existed even though the exposure level was much lower than the hygienic standard applied for white spirit in many countries.
对219名房屋维修油漆工进行了长期接触有机溶剂混合物的不良心理影响研究。他们的平均年龄为42岁，接触时间为22年。选取229名平均年龄相同的加固工人作为未接触的参照组。两组还根据接触前的智力水平进行了匹配。据估计，油漆工对白酒精的平均接触量为40 ppm。房屋维修油漆工的特点是短期视觉记忆缺陷和简单反应时间延长。在低测试成绩与长期接触溶剂的各种个体指标之间发现了一些微弱的关系。结果表明，即使接触水平远低于许多国家对白酒精适用的卫生标准，也存在不良心理影响。
