Hand dermatitis in intensive care units

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 881-885

  Forrester, Brian G ^a,b   Roth, Victor S ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b Regional First Care   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PREVALENCE; RASH;

ADULT; BLOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0031758776     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043764-199810000-00008     Document Type: Article

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