Cs. Mitchell et al., CLINICAL-EVALUATION OF 58 ORGANOLEAD MANUFACTURING WORKERS, Journal of occupational and environmental medicine, 38(4), 1996, pp. 372-378
Fifty-eight workers were evaluated at a university-based occupational
health clinic for potential health effects related to organic and inor
ganic lead exposures. The clinical evaluation included a history, phys
ical, and laboratory examination, and in a subset of workers, neurobeh
avioral tests and nerve conduction studies, Workers reported symptoms
that predominantly involved the central and peripheral nervous systems
, Findings for which no alternative medical explanations could be foun
d included neurobehavioral abnormalities (18 of 39 workers) and sensor
imotor polyneuropathies (11 of 31 workers). The clinical presentation
and evaluation of workers exposed to organic lead are discussed.