Different conditions of cold water immersion test for diagnosing hand-arm vibration syndrome

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 351-359

  Laskar, Md S ^a   Harada, Noriaki ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold water immersion test; Diagnostic significance; Different conditions; Finger skin temperature; Hand arm vibration syndrome

Indexed keywords

WATER;

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VASCULAR DISEASE; VIBRATION DISEASE; WATER IMMERSION; WATER TEMPERATURE;

EID: 28444473081     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.10.351     Document Type: Review

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