Exposure Response Relationships in Hand-Arm Vibration

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• Personal Author:
  Cherniack, Martin G.
• Description:
  The Hand-Arm Vibration International Consortium (HAVIC) is a collaboration of investigators from Europe and North America studying health effects from hand arm vibration (HAV). The consortium was funded by the National Institute for Occupational Health (NIOSH) to perform multi-cohort prospective studies to examine human responses to HAV exposure from 2000-2006. There were two new North American cohorts (dental hygienists and dental hygiene students), two existing cohorts (Finnish forest workers, and Swedish truck cab assemblers), and a previously studied population (US shipyard workers). Study instruments included surveys, quantitative medical tests (segmental nerve conduction, cold challenge plethysmography, vibrometry), physical examination, and work simulation and data logging to assess exposure. Exposure assessment was based on working day data logging of vibration and contact force. Sensors and belt-mounted portable computers were developed especially for this project. New methods were developed for performing specialized nerve conduction in the field and for measuring exposure through data logging. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Dental Offices Environmental Monitoring Musculoskeletal Diseases Musculoskeletal System Nervous System Nervous System Diseases Occupational Health Radiation Dosimeters Safety Sense Organs Vibration

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• Keywords:
  Dental-health Dentistry Dose-response Dosimetry Exposure-assessment Hand-injuries Hand-tools Hygienists Muscular-disorders Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Nerve-damage Nerve-function Nervous-system-disorders Neurological-diseases Neuromuscular-system Pneumatic-equipment Pneumatic-tools Sensory-disorders Ultrasonics Vibration-effects Vibration-exposure

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• Series:
  Grant Final Reports
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Final Cooperative Agreement Report
• Place as Subject:
  Connecticut ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OEP - Office of Extramural Programs
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-18
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038493
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2011-107533
• Citation:
  Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U01-OH-007312, 2008 Jan; :1-18
• Contact Point Address:
  Dr. Martin Cherniack, Department of Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center, 263 Farmington Avenue, Farmington, CT 06030-2017
• Email:
  cherniack@nso.uchc.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2008
• Performing Organization:
  University of Connecticut School of Medicine/Dentistry
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20000930
• Source Full Name:
  Exposure Response Relationships in Hand-arm Vibration
• End Date:
  20060929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:2e22162b64c4c5e222e328dfeacfe74aa6b98eaec1f81a806d407560b880880d1e9e0c16f6804fd85577c989860a2dc2cbbfe4f58ccef9b917f294dd83ea91ec
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/218406/cdc_218406_DS1.pdf
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