Carpal tunnel syndrome and other wrist/hand symptoms and signs in male and female car assembly workers

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-204

  Zetterberg, Carl ^a   Öfverholm, Torsten ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Occupational injury disease; Raynaud syndrome; Sex; Smoking; Wrist hand

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; ERGONOMICS; JOINTS (ANATOMY); SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HAND INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; JOINT; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; NERVE; NERVE CONDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYMPTOM; TENDON; WRIST INJURY;

EID: 0033102887     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8141(97)00054-1     Document Type: Article

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