
Assessment of coarse and fine hand motor performance in asymptomatic subjects exposed to hand-arm vibration
By: Martin B. Popević, Srđan M. Janković, Srđan S. Borjanović, Slavica R. Jovičić, Lazar R. Tenjović, Aleksandar P.S. Milovanović and Petar Bulat
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/10004-1254-65-2014-2403 | Journal eISSN: 1848-6312 (formerly 0004-1254) | Journal ISSN: 0004-1254
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