Carbon Monoxide Cognitive Impairment

Abstract

Neuropsychological tests were administered to 45 students exposed for 2 hours to carbon monoxide in low concentrations (mean, 61 ppm) from residential kerosene stoves and results compared to 47 nonexposed control students at the Hebrew, Haddasah, and Ben-Gurion Universities, Jerusalem, Israel.

Keywords

• neuropsychological tests
• visuomotor skills
• visuospatial planning