Publication Date:
1981-06-19
Description:
Twenty-five chemical workers who manufactured polybrominated biphenyls (PBB's) were given objective tests of learning and memory. Although this group had high concentrations of PBB's in adipose tissue, mean scores on all memory tests were normal. The PBB concentration was not correlated with memory performance; the most contaminated workers showed no evidence of memory dysfunction.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Brown, G G -- Preisman, R C -- Anderson, M D -- Nixon, R K -- Isbister, J L -- Price, H A -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1981 Jun 19;212(4501):1413-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6262920" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Adult
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Biphenyl Compounds/*adverse effects
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Humans
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Learning/*drug effects
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Memory/*drug effects
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Polybrominated Biphenyls/*adverse effects
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Psychological Tests
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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