Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Local cold exposure of the hands from cryosectioning work in histopathological and toxicological laboratories : signs and symptoms of peripheral neurophaty and Raynaud's phenomenon

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Local cold exposure of the hands from cryosectioning work in histopathological and toxicological laboratories : signs and symptoms of peripheral neurophaty and Raynaud's phenomenon / G. Wieslander, D. Norback, C. Edling

Sumario: The objective of this study is to study relations between cryosectioning work, skin temperature, early signs of neuropathy in the hands, and vasospastic and neurological symptoms. Microtome work is carried out at histological and toxicological laboratories all over the world. It implicates local cold exposure of -20ºC on the hands of exposed laboratory technicians

En: Occupational and environmental medicine. - London and Margate. - Vol. 53, nº 4, April 1996 ; p. 276-280

1. Medicina laboral . 2. Enfermedades profesionales . 3. Temperatura . 4. Frío . 5. Neuropatías . 6. Fenómeno de Raynaud . 7. Extremidades superiores . 8. Laboratorios . I. Norbäck, Dan . II. Edlin, C. . III. Title. IV. Título: Occupational and environmental medicine.