Journal article
Chronic Low-Level mercury exposure and neuropsychological functioning
Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, v 8(5), pp 581-593
01 Oct 1986
PMID: 3805254
Abstract
To measure the effects of chronic low-level exposure to inorganic mercury, the neuropsychological performances of 13 female dental auxiliary workers with elevated head mercury levels (as measured by an X-ray fluorescence technique) were compared with 13 workers with no measurable mercury levels. Workers with elevated mercury levels scored significantly less well on the Recurrent Figures, and SCL-90-R, but not on the WAIS, Rey's AVL, PASAT, BGT, Grooved Pegboard, and Finger Tapping tests. Chronic subtoxic levels of inorganic mercury appear to produce mild changes in short-term nonverbal recall and heightened distress generally, and particularly in categories of obsessive compulsion, anxiety and psychoticism, without alterations in general intellectual functioning, attention, verbal recall, and motor skills.
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- Title
- Chronic Low-Level mercury exposure and neuropsychological functioning
- Creators
- Barbara P. Uzzell - Drexel UniversityJacqueline Oler - Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, v 8(5), pp 581-593
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- [Retired Faculty]
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1986E920500007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0023029046
- Other Identifier
- 991019184197904721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Psychology
- Psychology, Clinical