Hand dermatitis in a prospectively-followed cohort of hairdressing apprentices: Final results of the POSH study

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 280-286

  Uter, Wolfgang ^a   Pfahlberg, Annette ^b   Gefeller, Olaf ^b   Schwanitz, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Epidemiology; Hairdressing; Irritant contact dermatitis; Occupational; Prevention; Risk factors; Wet work

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAIRDRESSER; HAND; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN PROTECTION; STUDENT; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEAUTY CULTURE; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032861927     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb06162.x     Document Type: Article

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