Health risks from occupational exposures to mechanical vibration

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 535-541

  Bovenzi, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Scienze di Medicina Pubblica Centro Tumori   (Italy)

Author keywords

Health effect; Human vibration; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VIBRATION SYNDROME;

HAND-ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 38349156645     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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