Standardization of Finger Systolic Blood Pressure (FSBP) cooling tests

Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 360-365

  Olsen, Niels ^a  

^a NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cold provocation test; Finger systolic blood pressure; Raynaud's phenomenon; Standardization; Vibration induced white finger

Indexed keywords

COLD SENSITIVITY; COOLING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FINGER BLOOD FLOW; FUNCTION TEST; HEAT SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; VASOSPASM; VIBRATION DISEASE; WATER IMMERSION;

EID: 28444490690     PISSN: 1342078X     EISSN: 13474715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1265/ehpm.10.360     Document Type: Review

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