USE OF COMPUTERIZED TEST BATTERIES FOR QUANTIFYING NEUROBEHAVIORAL OUTCOMES

tional epidemiology, major consensus on testing methods has not emerged. Standardization of test methods is essential to provide a consistent database for risk analysis. Automation of data collection provides not only standardization, but also imnproved time efficiency, of data collecti and anbasis The computerized Neurobehavioral Evaluation System (NES) has been developed to address the need for standardized, efficient data srqliui,tion of a range of neurobehavioial variables. Examples of sppliction of NES in epidemiologic studies of workers exposed to solvents are sum.mnaiized. The need for use of NES as a tool for surveillance and in prospective epidemiologic investigations is emphMdved.

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