| Autor: |
Brubaker RL, Mackenzie CJ, Eng PR, Bates DV |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Zdroj: |
Journal of occupational medicine. : official publication of the Industrial Medical Association [J Occup Med] 1983 May; Vol. 25 (5), pp. 403-8. |
| Abstrakt: |
On the basis of symptomatology, 51% of 146 fellers from seven coastal lumber camps in British Columbia were found to be suffering from vibration white finger disease (VWFD). Symptoms were present in 70% of the men who had been engaged in felling for 11 to 15 years and in 75% of the men who had been employed in this occupation for more than 20 years. Prevalence rates were not changed by the exclusion of 57 fellers with a history of vibration exposure other than the chain saw, or with a history of other possible secondary causes. The prevalence of symptoms in an age-corrected control group was 2%. There was objective evidence of disease (delayed finger rewarming after cooling) in 31 of the 43 fellers with symptoms (72%) and in 13 of the 74 controls (18%) without symptoms. The median latency period for fellers with symptomatic VWFD was 7.3 years. There was no evidence that the condition was related to cigarette smoking. |
| Databáze: |
MEDLINE |
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