Memory deficits in workers suffering from hard metal disease.
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.
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Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202.
Whitman
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Harbut
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Tanner
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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
D003035:Cobalt; D014414:Tungsten