title: [Compression neuropathy of upper limbs in miners].
abstract: The authors analyzed prevalence of individual types of upper limb compression neuropathy in miners of coal and iron-ore mines. Medical examination covered main mining occupations exposed to suchhazards as local vibration, cooling microclimate, functional overstrain. Some types of compression neuropathies appeared to depend on duration of exposure to the hazards and on the occupation hands disease stage.
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Rodin
authors.forename: O V
authors.initials: OV
authors.lastname: Matveeva
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003032:Coal Mining / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009408:Nerve Compression Syndromes / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015995:Prevalence; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000294:innervation* / Q000503:physiopathology*