Vibration exposure, smoking, and vascular dysfunction

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 341-347

  Cherniack, Martin ^a   Clive, Jonathon ^b   Seidner, Adam ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b Office of Biostatistical Consultations   (United States)

^c Travellers Property Casualty ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cold challenge plethysmography; Raynaud's phenomenon; Smoking; Vibration white finger

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL REACTIVITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RISK FACTOR; SHIPYARD WORKER; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TOBACCO; VASCULAR DISEASE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASOSPASM; VIBRATION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VASCULAR DISEASES; VIBRATION;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 0034028279     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.5.341     Document Type: Article

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