Rheumatic Diseases that Can be Confused with Work-Related Upper Extremity Disorders

Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 397-405

  June, Lisa ^a  

^a Rheumatology Associates of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARM DISEASE; ARTHRITIS; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENTHESOPATHY; FIBROMYALGIA; GOUT; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; JOINT HYPERMOBILITY; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NERVE COMPRESSION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; REVIEW; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SCREENING TEST; WORKER;

EID: 33645954930     PISSN: 15260046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coem.2005.11.008     Document Type: Review

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