Acute effects on heart rate variability when exposed to hand transmitted vibration and noise

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 193-199

  Björ, Bodil ^a   Burström, Lage ^a   Karlsson, Marcus ^b   Nilsson, Tohr ^c   Näslund, Ulf ^b   Wiklund, Urban ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c SUNDSVALL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ANS; HRV; Noise; Vibration exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLD SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HAND MOVEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SITTING; SPECTROSCOPY; STANDING; VIBRATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HAND-ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; NOISE; SWEDEN; VIBRATION;

EID: 35448978231     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0205-0     Document Type: Article

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