Hand-arm vibration syndrome in Swedish car mechanics

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 287-294

  Barregard, L ^a   Ehrenstrom L ^b   Marcus, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b Occupational Health Services   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CAR; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MECHANICS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARESTHESIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; SWEDEN; VIBRATION SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; HOSPITALIZATION; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIBRATION;

ELAGATIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; HAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RAYNAUD DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; VIBRATION;

EID: 0037384108     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.60.4.287     Document Type: Article

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