Troubles mentaux organiques d'origine toxique

Chronic Solvent Encephalopathy in a Printing Unit for Flexible Packaging

“…In Europe, the use of solvents in printing inks represents 6% of their total industrial use. This expansion of the printing industry was accompanied by a remarkable use of these products could have adverse consequences on the health of workers in particular neuropsychiatric effects [5] Indeed toxic encephalopathy due to solvents is described in more than half a century it has been reported in several studies concerned with some occupationally exposed groups. However, studies are not all consistent, the differences found between exposed and unexposed are minimal and abnormalities objectified by complementary neurophysiologic investigations are inconsistent.…”

“…They define a particular area of occupational epidemiology: neurotoxicological epidemiology. These studies have highlighted particular problems reaching cognitive function [10][11][12][13]. According to Hogstedt, the first cross-sectional study in this field was published in 1955 by Gran jeans and showed a relatively high frequency of subjective complaints of impairment of the autonomic nervous system and neurological and psychiatric symptoms among workers chronically exposed to trichlorethylene in concentration between 20 and 80 ppm.…”

“…[14]. Some authors emphasized the usefulness of Q16 used as a tool for diagnosis and control of the central nervous system dysfunction [5,11]. In our study, the questionnaire was inspired from that of Q16.…”

“…By cons, from stage 2B, the prognosis is poor [5,27]. Moreover, a highly significant relationship between the organic solvent psycho syndrome and exposure to solvents has been revealed in the study by Soborg in 1993 [17] …”