Cross sectional study of a workforce exposed to hand-arm vibration: With objective tests and the Stockholm workshop scales

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-42

  McGeoch, Kenneth L ^a   Gilmour, W Harper ^b  

^a Consultant in Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hand arm vibration syndrome; Neurological objective tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENGINEERING; EQUIPMENT; HAND; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; VIBRATION;

ADULT; ARM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; VASCULAR DISEASES; VIBRATION;

EID: 0034104624     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.57.1.35     Document Type: Article

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