Differences in hand and foot psychomotor speed among 18 pairs of monozygotic twins discordant for lifelong vehicular driving

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 277-281

  Simonen, Riitta L ^a   Videman, Tapio ^a,b   Battié, Michele C ^c   Gibbons, Laura E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor skills; Reaction time; Twin study; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; FOOT; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESPONSE TIME; VIBRATION;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; VIBRATION;

EID: 0030775566     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050219     Document Type: Article

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