Flicker fusion test and occupational toxicology: performance evaluation in workers exposed to lead and solvents.
1 In a group of 108 workers professionally exposed to low lead levels and in 35 shoe factory workers exposed to a mixture of solvents, neurotoxic effects were evaluated by means of Critical Flicker Frequency, used as single test of psychophysiological performance. 2 A statistically significant lowering of CFF threshold was observed and, in the lead exposed group, this decrease is related to the biological parameter zinc protoporphyrin. 3 The usefulness of CFF measure in environmental toxicology, together with other neurophysiological tests, is considered.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D005260:Female; D005425:Flicker Fusion; D006801:Humans; D007854:Lead / Q000633:toxicity*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009420:Nervous System / Q000187:drug effects; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D012997:Solvents / Q000633:toxicity*
D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D012997:Solvents; D007854:Lead