Pre- and post-employment median nerve latency in pork processing employees

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 96-100

  Kearns, Joseph ^a   Gresch, Elizabeth Evans ^e   Weichel, Cheryl Yvonne ^b   Eby, Paul ^c   Pallapothu, Sukeshini R ^d  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b N Ohio Neurol Neurosurgical A   (United States)

^c Occupational Care Consultants   (United States)

^d Firelands Community Hospital   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ELECTRODIAGNOSIS; EMPLOYMENT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LATENT PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEAT INDUSTRY; MEDIAN NERVE; MONONEUROPATHY; NERVE CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY;

EID: 0033971590     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-200001000-00022     Document Type: Article

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