The Assessment of Neurobehavioral Toxicity: SGOMSEC Joint Report

Overview

Journal Environ Health Perspect

Date 1996 Apr 1

PMID 8860321

Citations 4

Authors

N Fiedler

R G Feldman

J Jacobson

A RAHILL

A WETHERELL

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Abstract

Exposure to neurobehavioral toxicants is a problem of international scope. Although many different procedures are available for the assessment of human behavioral function, performance tests are displacing traditional diagnostic tests for ascertaining the consequences of exposure to neurotoxic chemicals. Performance testing includes variables such as attention and concentration, sensory function, motor control, spatial relations, visuomotor coordination, memory, and affect. Special tests have also been devised for evaluating child development. One of the salient needs in these efforts is the construction of databases allowing access to normative data.

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