Epidemiological Evidence for New Frequency Weightings of Hand-Transmitted Vibration
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- BOVENZI Massimo
- Clinical Unit of Occupational Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Italy
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This paper provides an overview of the exposure-response relationship for the vascular component of the hand-arm vibration syndrome, called vibration-induced white finger (VWF). Over the past two decades, several epidemiological studies have shown a poor agreement between the risk for VWF observed in various occupational groups and that predicted by models included in annexes to International Standard ISO 5349 (ISO 5349:1986, ISO 5349-1:2001). Either overestimation or underestimation of the occurrence of VWF have been reported by investigators. It has been argued that the current ISO frequency-weighting curve for hand-transmitted vibration, which assumes that vibration-induced adverse health effects are inversely related to the frequency of vibration between 16 and 1250 Hz, may be unsuitable for the assessment of VWF. To investigate this issue, a prospective cohort study was carried out to explore the performance of four alternative frequency weightings for hand-transmitted vibration to predict the incidence of VWF in groups of forestry and stone workers. The findings of this study suggested that measures of vibration exposure which give relatively more weight to intermediate and high frequency vibration produced better predictions of the incidence of VWF than that obtained with the frequency weighting currently recommended in International Standard ISO 5349-1:2001.<br>
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- Industrial health
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Industrial health 50 (5), 377-387, 2012
独立行政法人 労働者健康安全機構 労働安全衛生総合研究所
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- CRID
- 1390001204279095936
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- NII論文ID
- 130004483541
- 40019445631
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- AA00672955
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- 1:STN:280:DC%2BC3s%2Fks1alsA%3D%3D
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- 18808026
- 00198366
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- 024007797
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- 23060251
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