Vibration and its effects on the body

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 34-38

  Issever, Halim ^a   Aksoy, Cihan ^a   Sabuncu, Hilmi ^a   Karan, Ayse ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hand transmitted vibration; Vibration induced white finger; Whole body vibration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELBOW; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHOULDER PAIN; SLEEP DISORDER; VIBRATION; WORKER; WRIST;

ADULT; ARM INJURIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HAND INJURIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VIBRATION;

EID: 12244262244     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068155     Document Type: Article

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