Significance of finger coldness in hand-arm vibration syndrome

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 371-375

  Ishitake, Tatsuya ^a   Ando, Hideo ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Finger coldness; Hand arm vibration syndrome; Significance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD; COLD SENSATION; COLD TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEFT HANDEDNESS; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT INFORMATION; PROVOCATION TEST; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SKIN TINGLING; SMOKING; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TACTILE STIMULATION; VIBRATION DISEASE; VIBRATION SENSE; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 28444471583     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.10.371     Document Type: Article

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