The Hand-Arm Vibration International Consortium (HAVIC): Prospective studies on the relationship between power tool exposure and health effects

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-301

  Cherniack, Martin ^a   Brammer, Anthony J ^a,b   Lundstrom, Ronnie ^c   Meyer, John D ^a   Morse, Tim F ^a   Neely, Greg ^d   Nilsson, Tohr ^d,e   Peterson, Donald ^a   Toppila, Esko ^f   Warren, Nicholas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^e Sundsvall Hospital   (Sweden)

^f FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM DISEASE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDER; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL HYGIENE STUDENT; FOREST WORKER; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NERVE CONDUCTION; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHIPYARD WORKER; SIMULATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION;

COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; EUROPE; HAND-ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HUMANS; NEURAL CONDUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VIBRATION;

HEPATITIS A VIRUS;

EID: 33947152843     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JOM.0b013e31803225df     Document Type: Article

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