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Syndrome |
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Agent |
Occupational or other exposure |
Acute |
Chronic |
Metals |
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Arsenic |
Pesticides, pigments, paint, electroplating, seafood, smelter, semiconductors |
Encephalopathy |
Neuropathy |
Lead |
Solder, lead shot, illicit whiskey, insecticides, auto body shop, storage battery manufacture, smelter, paint, water pipes, gasoline sniffing |
Encephalopathy |
Encephalopathy, neuropathy, motor neuron disease-like syndrome |
Manganese |
Iron industry, welding, mining smelter, fireworks, fertilizer, dry cell batteries |
Encephalopathy |
Parkinsonism |
Mercury |
Thermometers, other gauges; dental office (amalgams); felt hat manufacture; electroplating; photography |
Headache, tremor |
Neuropathy, encephalopathy with dementia, tremor |
Tin |
Canning industry, solder, electronics, plastics, fungicides |
Delirium |
Encephalomyelopathy |
Solvents |
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Carbon disulfide |
Rayon manufacture, preservatives, textiles, rubber cement, varnish, electroplating |
Encephalopathy |
Neuropathy, parkinsonism |
Trichlorethylene |
Paints, degreasers, spot removers, decaffeination, dry cleaning, rubber solvents |
Narcosis |
Encephalopathy, trigeminal neuropathy |
Hexacarbonsa |
Paints, paint removers, varnish, degreasers, rapid-drying ink, glues, cleaning agents, glues for making shoes in poorly ventilated cottage industry, glue sniffing, MNBK in plastics |
Narcosis |
Neuropathy, encephalopathy, ataxia |
Insecticides |
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Organophosphates, carbamates |
Manufacture, application |
Cholinergic syndrome |
Ataxia, neuropathy, myelopathy |
Carbon monoxide |
Accidental or deliberate exposure in motor vehicles, faulty gasoline-fueled heaters |
Anoxic encephalopathy |
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Methyl alcohol |
Contaminated illicit whiskey |
Retinal blindness |
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Recreation abuse |
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Nitrous oxide |
Dental offices |
Encephalopathy |
B12-deficient myelopathy |
Seafood |
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Ciguatera |
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Sensory neuropathy with temperature inversion |
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Shellfish |
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Acute neuropathy |
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aHexacarbons: n-hexane, methyl n-butyl ketone (MNBK). |
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