Is occupation an aetiological factor in the development of trigger finger?

Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 539-540

  Trezies, A J H ^a   Lyons, A R ^a   Fielding, K ^a   Davis, T R C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FINGER INJURY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TENDINOPATHY;

EID: 0031824231     PISSN: 17531934     EISSN: 20436289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0266-7681(98)80142-3     Document Type: Article

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