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Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Volume 14, Issue 1, January–February 1992, Pages 81-82
Neurotoxicology and Teratology

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Report on a conference on organic solvents and the nervous system

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Abstract

At two scientific conferences in 1985, one in Copenhagen sponsored by the Nordic Council of Ministers and the World Health Organization (WHO), the other in Raleigh, NC, it was concluded that chronic toxic encephalopathy may develop following long-term occupational exposure to organic solvents (1,2). The terms organic affective syndrome, mild and severe chronic toxic encephalopathy were suggested for this condition describing increasing severity.

In May 1990, a conference on organic solvents and the nervous system was held in Copenhagen sponsored by the Commission of the European Communities and the Danish Ministry of the Environment (3). Scientists and representatives from the governments, industries, and labour organisations from the EEC and US participated.

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  • World Health Organization and the Nordic Council of Ministers

    Organic solvents and the central nervous system

    Copenhagen. Environ. Health

    (1985)
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