Chronic neurobehavioral effects of Tokyo subway sarin poisoning in relation to posttraumatic stress disorder.

From: Archives of Environmental Health | Date: July 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

Chronic neurobehavioral effects of acute sarin poisoning were evaluated in 9 male and 9 female patients who were exposed to sarin poisoning in the Tokyo subway incident in Japan. The investigators used nine neurobehavioral tests, as well as a posttraumatic stress disorder checklist, 6-8 mo after the poisoning occurred. Serum cholinesterase activity in patients on the day of poisoning (i.e., March 20, 1995) ranged from 13 to 131 IU/I (mean = 72.1 IU/I). The results of analysis covariance, in which age, education level, alcohol consumption, and smoking status (covariates) were controlled in 18 ...

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