Clinical Evaluation of Hand-arm-vibration Syndrome in Shipyard Workers: Sensitivity and Specificity as Compared to Stockholm Classification and Vibrometry Testing

Connecticut Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-83

  Kent, Donald C ^a,b,c   Allen, Rodney ^d   Bureau, Paul ^c   Cherniack, Martin ^e   Hans, Jay ^c   Robinson, Myron ^c  

^a Lawrence and Memorial Hospital   (United States)

^b Pfizer Central Research   (United States)

^c Electric Boat Corporation   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAND; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIP; SYNDROME; VIBRATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARM; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAND; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHIPS; SYNDROME; VIBRATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031992420     PISSN: 00106178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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