@article{ref1,
title="Influence of long term occupational exposure to solvents on colour vision",
journal="Ophthalmologe : Zeitschrift der Deutschen Ophthalmologischen Gesellschaft",
year="2003",
author="Böckelmann, I. and Lindner, H. and Peters, Bjorn and Pfister, E. A.",
volume="100",
number="2",
pages="133-141",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The study was designed to determine the influence of chronic occupational exposition of organic solvent mixtures on colour vision of car painters. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: The 123 subjects (2 groups differing in organic solvents exposure and 1 control group) were examined using Ishihara-Panel, Lanthony Desaturated Panel D-15, Velhagen-Panel, and Tritan-Album. RESULTS: In the Velhagen-Panel 3% of the probands currently exposed to organic solvents, and 11% of formerly exposed probands developed a blue/yellow vision defect for the right eye. All control subjects perfectly finished this panel. In the Tritan-Album 3% of currently exposed subjects and 26% of formerly exposed painters expressed a blue/yellow vision defect for the right eye, but also 7% of controls showed anomalies. Similar results were found for both panels with the left eye. The CCI difference in the D-15 test was significant between all three groups. CONCLUSION: The impaired colour vision may also be an important indicator of neuro-ophthalmological effects after long-term occupational exposure to organic solvents.<p /><p>Language: de</p>",
language="de",
issn="0941-293X",
doi="10.1007/s00347-002-0712-z",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00347-002-0712-z"
}