Stabilometry in epidemiological use - Measurement bias by different instructions -

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 129-130

  Nishiwaki, Yuji ^a   Imai, Azusa ^a   Takebayashi, Toru ^a   Nishiwaki, Noriko ^a   Omae, Kazuyuki ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Measurement bias; Postural sway; Stabilometry

Indexed keywords

NERVE GAS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; STABILOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032970577     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.41.129     Document Type: Article

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