| The Assessment of Neurobehavioral Toxicity: SGOMSEC Joint Report Environ Health Perspect 1UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute, Piscataway, New Jersey; 2Department of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; 3Wayne State University, Psychology Department, Detroit, Michigan; 4Department of Occupational Medicine, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York; 5Human Factors Group, Chemical and Biological Defense Establishment, Porton Down Salisbury, United Kingdom Abstract
Exposure to neurobehavioral toxicants is a problem of international scope. Although many different procedures are available for the assessment of human behavioral function, performance tests are displacing traditional diagnostic tests for ascertaining the consequences of exposure to neurotoxic chemicals. Performance testing includes variables such as attention and concentration, sensory function, motor control, spatial relations, visuomotor coordination, memory, and affect. Special tests have also been devised for evaluating child development. One of the salient needs in these efforts is the construction of databases allowing access to normative data. -- Environ Health Perspect 104(Suppl 2) :179-191 (1996) Key words: child development, computerized tests, intelligence, neurobehavioral assessment, neurological examinations, neuropsychological testing, performance testing, peripheral neuropathies, test batteries
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