Epidemiology of contact dermatitis. The information network of Departments of Dermatology (IVDK) in Germany

European Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 36-40

  Uter, Wolfgang ^a   Schnuch, Axel ^a   Geier, Johannes ^c   Frosch, Peter J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Epidemiological surveillance; Good clinical practice; Multicenter project; Prevention; Public health; Sentinel health events

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; GERMANY; GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATCH TEST; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL;

DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DERMATOLOGY; GERMANY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION SERVICES; PATCH TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0031778392     PISSN: 11671122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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