title: Memory deficits in workers suffering from hard metal disease.
abstract: This study examined memory functioning on the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised in a group of adult tungsten carbide workers with hard metal disease and a group of matched controls. The hard-metal-exposed group of workers showed memory deficits related to difficulties in attention and verbal memory, with an apparent sparing of visual-spatial memory. Implications of this finding for future research are discussed.
authors: Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Jordan
authors: R D
authors: RD
authors: Whitman
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Harbut
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Tanner
mesh_terms: D003035:Cobalt / Q000506:poisoning*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000139:chemically induced*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced*; D014414:Tungsten / Q000506:poisoning*; D014888:Wechsler Scales
chemical_list: D003035:Cobalt; D014414:Tungsten