Risk factors for Raynaud's phenomenon among workers in poultry slaughterhouses and canning factories
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Risk factors for Raynaud's phenomenon among workers in poultry slaughterhouses and canning factories.
BACKGROUND Apart from the use of vibrating tools, little is known about risk factors for Raynaud's phenomenon. However, it has been hypothesized that this disorder may have a multifactorial aetiology, involving potential causal or triggering factors which can be found in the workplace. The objective of the study is to identify individual and occupational risk factors of Raynaud's phenomenon in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0300-5771,1464-3685
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.2.371