Prevalence and incidence of stenosing flexor tenosynovitis (trigger finger) in a meat-packing plant

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 556-560

  Gorsche, Ron ^a,c   Wiley, J Preston ^a   Renger, Ralph ^b   Brant, Rollin ^a   Gemer, Tara Y ^a   Sasyniuk, Treny M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Box 5580 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FLEXOR TENDON; FOLLOW UP; FOOD PROCESSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; PREVALENCE; REPETITIVE STRAIN INJURY; TENOSYNOVITIS;

ADULT; ALBERTA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINGERS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TENOSYNOVITIS;

EID: 0031868644     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199806000-00008     Document Type: Article

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