When exactly can carpal tunnel syndrome be considered work-related?

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 204-209

  Falkiner, Sonja ^a   Myers, Stuart ^b  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

^b PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carpal tunnel syndrome; Causation; Work relatedness

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CARPOMETACARPAL JOINT; COLD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FITNESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 0036214840     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02347.x     Document Type: Article

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