A follow up study of vibration induced white finger in compensation claimants

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 237-242

  Bovenzi, M ^a   Della Vedova, A ^a   Negro, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; DIGITAL ARTERY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SMOKING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASOCONSTRICTION; VIBRATION; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ARTERY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD; FINGER; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; VASCULARIZATION;

ADULT; ARTERIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD; FINGERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TIME FACTORS; VASOCONSTRICTION; VIBRATION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 15944398298     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2004.014704     Document Type: Article

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