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Acrylamide monomer and peripheral neuropathy in chemical workers
M Bachmann1, J E Myers, B N Bezuidenhout
1Department of Community Health, University of Cape Town Medical School, Observatory, South Africa.
American Journal of Industrial Medicine
|January 1, 1992
Abstract:
The relationship between exposure to acrylamide monomer and neurological outcomes was investigated in 82 chemical industry workers. Vibrotactile thresholds were determined quantitatively with a Vibratron II device, using forced choice and method of limits procedures. Symptoms of numbness, limb pain, peeling skin, and sweating hands had significantly higher prevalences in the exposed than in the unexposed group. Signs of peeling skin and sweating hands were significantly more common in the exposed group. Vibration thresholds were not associated with exposure.