The role of leukocytes in the pathogenesis of vibration-induced white finger

Angiology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 915-922

  Greenstein, D ^a,b   Kester, R C ^a  

^a St James University   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW KINETICS; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; VIBRATION DISEASE;

EID: 0031775395     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000331979804901107     Document Type: Article

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