Organic solvents are widely used in industrial processes and found in many common
household products. Exposures to solvents are common in both industrialized and
industrializing countries. While organic solvents exposure is well known to produce central
nervous system toxicity, hepatic, renal and dermatologic injury, the respiratory effects of
solvent exposure are poorly documented. Several recent population-based epidemiologic
studies have found an independent association of occupational solvent exposure with …