BEHAVIORAL-EFFECTS OF EXPOSURE TO ORGANIC-SOLVENTS IN DUTCH PAINTERS

The report describes the results of a cross-sectional study of solvent -exposed young and older Dutch painters and two age-matched control gr oups. Both traditional and computerized neurobehavioral tests were app lied. The study did not detect any major differences between the two g roups of painters and their two age-matched control groups. It is argu ed that this absence of differences is probably not due to a lack of s ensitivity of the tests applied or the size of the groups studied. The level of exposure was estimated to be within a range at which previou s authors have reported solvent-induced CNS effects.