Hand eczema in a prospectively-followed cohort of office-workers

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 83-89

  Uter, W ^a   Pfahlberg, A ^b   Gefeller, O ^b   Schwanitz, H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopy; Epidemiology; Irritant contact dermatitis; Office work; Prospective cohort study

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; OFFICE WORKER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; TRAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT DROPOUTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031933556     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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