title: [Neurobehavioral tests in occupational medicine: diagnosis and prevention].
abstract: Modern neurobehavioral methods are used in the assessment of the early effects due to exposure to neurotoxic agents in working and general environment. This paper describes the history and evolution of neurobehavioral methods and their contribution for research on the effects due to the exposure to neurotoxic substances. Moreover, the paper describes the different fields of application of neurobehavioral tests: experimental, epidemiological and follow-up studies, health surveillance, clinical diagnosis, definition of job fitness and risk assessment for the definition of threshold limit values.
authors.affiliation: Scuola di Specializzazione in Medicina del Lavoro, Università degli studi di Brescia.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Albini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Benedetti
mesh_terms: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational / Q000009:adverse effects; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D020258:Neurotoxicity Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013997:Time Factors; D014938:Work Capacity Evaluation
chemical_list: D000395:Air Pollutants, Occupational; D004785:Environmental Pollutants