Dermatoses in cement workers in Southern Taiwan

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Guo, Yueliang L ^a   Wang, Bour Jr ^a   Yeh, Kung Chieh ^b   Wang, Jen Chang ^a   Kao, Huy Hwa ^a   Wang, Ming Tsan ^c   Shih, Hung Chih ^b,d   Chen, Chiou Jong ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Institute of Occupational Safety and Health   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL TA TUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Cement workers; Chromate; Cobalt; Epidemiology; Irritant contact dermatitis; Occupational; Prevention; Tiling

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; CHROMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN PROTECTION; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMATES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SKIN; TAIWAN;

EID: 0032956491     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb05968.x     Document Type: Article

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