Putz-Anderson V, Albright B E, Lee S T, Johnson B L, Chrislip D W, Taylor B J, Brightwell W S, Dickerson N, Culver M, Zentmeyer D, Smith P
Neurotoxicology. 1983 Spring;4(1):67-77.
The present study was conducted with a group of 298 textile workers. Of the workers studied 131 had worked at least one year in a rayon plant where there were CS2 exposures of varying degree, but generally below 20 ppm, which is the U.S. occupational exposure limit. The remaining 167, who worked in plants that manufactured other textiles where any CS2 exposure was considered inconsequential, comprised a comparison group. The 298 workers completed a checklist of symptoms characteristic of various neurobehavioral syndromes. Mood and excitability were measured by the Profile of Mood States, and by a mania scale from the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory, respectively. Cognitive and psychomotor performance was studied by application of four standard tasks: the Neisser letter search, the memory span test, the eye-hand coordination test, and a combined simple and complex reaction time test. The results indicated an absence of behavioral changes of any major significance, suggesting that effects here may only be marginal. The major finding related to the significant cluster of reported symptoms of neurobehavioral ailments.
本研究针对298名纺织工人展开。在这些被研究的工人中，有131人在人造丝工厂工作至少一年，该工厂存在不同程度的二硫化碳暴露，但一般低于美国职业暴露限值20 ppm。其余167人在生产其他纺织品的工厂工作，在这些工厂中任何二硫化碳暴露都被认为无关紧要，他们组成了一个对照组。这298名工人完成了一份关于各种神经行为综合征特征症状的清单。情绪和兴奋性分别通过情绪状态剖面图和明尼苏达多相人格量表中的躁狂量表进行测量。通过应用四项标准任务来研究认知和心理运动表现：奈塞尔字母搜索、记忆广度测试、眼手协调测试以及简单和复杂反应时间组合测试。结果表明没有任何具有重大意义的行为变化，这表明此处的影响可能只是轻微的。主要发现与所报告的神经行为疾病症状的显著聚集有关。
