title: Smell or taste disturbances, neurological symptoms, and hydrocarbon exposure.
abstract: A total of 264 workers participated in a cross-sectional study concerning the toxicity of hydrocarbons. The clinical examination shows an increased prevalence of smell and/or taste disturbances in the heavily exposed group. These symptoms appear to be generally transitory and reversible. They seem to be due to concentration peaks rather than to a long exposure duration. They are associated with acute depressor effects and not with symptoms which could belong to a hydrocarbon-induced chronic toxic encephalopathy.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Sozial- und Präventivmedizin, Zürich, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hotz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tschopp
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Söderström
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Holtz
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Boillat
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gutzwiller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D015986:Confounding Factors, Epidemiologic; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D006838:Hydrocarbons / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012903:Smell / Q000187:drug effects*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013649:Taste / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D006838:Hydrocarbons