Diagnosis of vascular injuries caused by hand-transmitted vibration

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 507-518

  Harada, N ^a   Mahbub, M H ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diagnostic tests; Hand transmitted vibration; Significance; Vascular injuries

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANAMNESIS; ANGIOGRAPHY; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; COLD EXPOSURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PROVOCATION TEST; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SKIN BLOOD FLOW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETRY; VIBRATION SYNDROME; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BLOOD PRESSURE; COLD TEMPERATURE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; FINGERS; HAND; HAND INJURIES; HAND-ARM VIBRATION SYNDROME; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SKIN TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 39749195645     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0246-4     Document Type: Review

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