Abstract
To evaluate the memory complaints of a group of patients with hard metal disease, 12 adult, former tungsten carbide workers with hard metal disease and 26 healthy, unexposed control subjects matched for age, race, sex, occupational status and education were administered the Wechsler Memory Scale-Revised (WMS-R), the Peterson Word Triad Test, Squire's Current Events Test (including both the recall and recognition forms), and Squire's Television Title Recognition Test. The exposed group demonstrated deficits in short-term verbal memory, allocation of central processing resources, and remote verbal memory compared to the control group. Visual memory was spared. Comparisons were made to previous investigations of memory functioning within the toxicology literature.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 309-326 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1993 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This article is based on work conducted in fulfillment of the degree of Master of Arts awarded to Catherine Jordan. This research was supported in part by grants from Wayne State University and Oberlin College. Address all correspondence to R. Douglas Whitman, PhD, Department Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202.
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