Assessment of the hand-arm vibration syndrome: Thermometry, plethysmography and the Stockholm Workshop Scale

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 512-517

  Thompson, Aaron ^a   House, Ron ^a   Manno, Michael ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold provocation tests; Hand arm vibration syndrome; Photocell plethysmography; Stockholm Workshop Scale; Thermometry

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; STOCKHOLM WORKSHOP SCALE; THERMOMETRY; VIBRATION SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; COLD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HAND-ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY;

EID: 34948854325     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqm076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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