The clinical grading of Raynaud's phenomenon and vibration-induced white finger: Relationship between finger blanching and difficulties in using the upper limb

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 29-36

  Palmer, Keith T ^a   Griffin, Michael J ^b   Syddall, Holly ^a   Cooper, Cyrus ^a   Coggon, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blanching; Grading; Severity; Upper limb function

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARM; COLD; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HAND FUNCTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIBRATION; VIBRATION INDUCED RAYNAUD PHENOMENON;

EID: 0036461143     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200100275     Document Type: Conference Paper

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