A portable apparatus for monitoring leg swelling by bioelectrical impedance measurement

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 150-151

  Seo, Akihiko ^a   Kondo, Yuji ^b   Yoshinaga, Fumitaka ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TENRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Impedance; Leg swelling; Standing; Working postures; Workload

Indexed keywords

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; EDEMA; IMPEDANCE; LEG; MEASUREMENT; STANDING;

EID: 0030946363     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.39.150     Document Type: Article

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