Irritancy of scrubbing up for surgery with or without a brush

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 230-232

  Kikuchi Numagami, Katsuko ^a   Saishu, Toshio ^a   Fukaya, Mariko ^a   Kanazawa, Etsuko ^a   Tagami, Hachiro ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Hand eczema; Occupational eczema; Skin barrier; Stratum corneum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SUMMER;

ADULT; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HAND; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; POVIDONE; SEASONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SKIN; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 0032972887     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155599750011057     Document Type: Article

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