title: n-Hexane polyneuropathy in a ball-manufacturing factory.
abstract: Five overt and two occult cases of n-hexane polyneuropathy occurred in a ball-manufacturing factory in Taiwan. The severity of polyneuropathy was directly related to the index of n-hexane exposure that occurred during the processes of cement coating and nylon fiber winding in a poorly ventilated room. The n-hexane concentrations over eight hours of personal sampling of the air of the cement coating and nylon fiber winding areas were 109 ppm and 86 ppm, respectively. After installation of a new factory ventilation system, these seven patients recovered completely, and there were no new cases in the two-year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Medical College, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Shih
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: S S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Tchen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D005260:Female; D006586:Hexanes / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D011115:Polyneuropathies / Q000139:chemically induced*
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D006586:Hexanes; C026385:n-hexane