Hand-arm vibration syndrome in South African gold miners

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-29

  Nyantumbu, Busi ^a,b   Barber, Chris M ^c   Ross, Mary ^a,b   Curran, Andrew D ^c   Fishwick, David ^c   Dias, Belinda ^b,d   Kgalamono, Spo ^a,b   Phillips, James I ^a  

^a National Centre for Occupational Health   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^d DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Hand arm vibration syndrome; South Africa; Vibration exposure

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GRIP STRENGTH; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MINER; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VIBRATION; VIBRATION SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GOLD; HAND-ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33846115600     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kql089     Document Type: Article

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