Structural nerve changes at wrist level in workers exposed to vibration

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 307-311

  Strömberg, Trygve ^a,b,c   Dahlin, Lars B ^a   Brun, Arne ^a   Lundborg, Göran ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

pathology; peripheral nervous system diseases; vibration

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE BIOPSY; NERVE INJURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRATION; WRIST;

EID: 0031007412     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.54.5.307     Document Type: Article

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