Behavioral effects of occupational exposure to lead.

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• Personal Author:
  Morgan BB Jr. ; Nicholson J ; Repko JD
• Description:
  Eighty behavioral measures of task performance and 5 measures of body burden of lead (7439921) were obtained from 316 lead exposed storage battery workers and 112 controls. The body burden parameters of the experimental subjects were intercorrelated, to the effect that each measure could be predicted from each of the other measures; the measures of the control subjects were not all intercorrelated. Blood lead was not a sensitive measure of changes in functional capacity, while aminolevulinic-acid dehydrase in the blood was found to be the most sensitive predictor of task performance. Intellectual functions were unaffected by increased in body burden of lead, but sensory functions (hearing), neuromuscular functions, or psychomotor functions (tremor, eye-hand coordination, muscular strength and endurance) were all influenced by body burden of lead. The strongest relationships were obtained with tests of neuromuscular functions and psychomotor functions; major changes occurred on the preferred side of the body at lead levels between 70 and 79 micrograms percent. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Content Notes:
  in NTRL, no pdf
• Subjects:
  Behavior Blood Diagnosis Enzymes Fatigue Hearing Loss Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced Hematologic Tests Lead Lead Poisoning Mental Disorders Mental Health Metals Metals, Heavy Nervous System Nervous System Diseases Occupational Health Poisoning Safety

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• Keywords:
  NIOSH-Contract; Contract-099-72-0123; Metal-poisoning; Lead-poisoning; Heavy-metals; Behavioral-tests; Psychological-tests; Blood-chemistry; Diagnostic-tests; Test-methods; Analytical-methods; Enzyme-activity; Statistical-analysis; Mental-processes; Hearing-disorders; Neuromotor-disorders; Psychomotor-disorders; Fatigue; Psychological-disorders
• Series:
  NIOSH Numbered Publications
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Ohio ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DLCD - Division of Laboratories and Criteria Development
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00047940
• Citation:
  Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHEW (NIOSH) Publication No. 75-164, 1975 May; :1-248
• CAS Registry Number:
  Lead (CAS RN 7439-92-1)
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1975
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/236817/cdc_236817_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 168.02 KB ]