Impaired colour vision in workers exposed to organic solvents: A systematic review

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• 作者：A.M. Betancur-Sá ; nchez^a ; ^{anbetancurs@uces.edu.co} ; E.M. Vá ; squez-Trespalacios^b ; C. Sardi-Correa^c
• 关键词：Occupational exposure ; Solvents ; Colour vision ; Workplace ; Lanthony D-15 ; Dyschromatopsia
• 刊名：Archivos de la Sociedad Española de Oftalmología (English Edition)
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：92
• 期：1
• 页码：12-18
• 全文大小：608 K
• 卷排序：92

文摘

To evaluate recent evidence concerning the relationship between the exposure to organic solvents and the impairment of colour vision.MethodsA bibliographic search was conducted for scientific papers published in the last 15 years, in the LILACS, PubMed, Science Direct, EBSCO, and Cochrane databases that included observational studies assessing the relationship between impairment in colour vision and exposure to organic solvents.ResultsEleven studies were selected that were performed on an economically active population and used the Lanthony D-15 desaturated test (D-15d), measured the exposure to organic solvents, and included unexposed controls.It was found that there is a statistically significant relationship between the exposure to organic solvents and the presence of an impairment in colour vision.ConclusionsThe results support the hypothesis that exposure to organic solvents could induce acquired dyschromatopsia. The evaluation of colour vision with the D-15d test is simple and sensitive for diagnosis. More studies need to be conducted on this subject in order to better understand the relationship between impaired colour vision and more severe side effects caused by this exposure.