Segmental nerve conduction velocity in vibration-expose shipyard workers

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 159-176

  Cherniack, M ^a   Brammer, A J ^a,b   Lundstrom, R ^c   Meyer, J ^a   Morse, T F ^a   Nealy, G ^d   Nilsson, T ^e   Peterson, D ^a   Toppilla, E ^f   Warren, N ^a   Fu, R W ^a   Bruneau, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^e SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Electrode; Onset latency; Segmental nerve conduction velocity; Temperature correction; Vibration exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FINGER; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HAND; HAND PALM; HANDEDNESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIAN NERVE; MOTOR NERVE CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARESTHESIA; SENSORY NERVE CONDUCTION; SHIPYARD WORKER; SKIN TEMPERATURE; ULNAR NERVE; VIBRATION; WRIST;

CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ULNAR NERVE; VIBRATION;

EID: 2542491182     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-003-0486-x     Document Type: Article

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