Hand/wrist disorders among sign language communicators

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 22-25

  Smith, Susan M ^a   Kress, Tyler A ^c   Hart, William M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE ASSOCIATED UNIVERSITIES   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SIGN LANGUAGE; WRIST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SIGN LANGUAGE; WRIST;

EID: 0034152936     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.2012.0235     Document Type: Article

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