Is occupational dermatitis being taken seriously by UK industries?

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 85-91

  Douglas, E ^a   Rushton, L ^b   Williams, H C ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC Institute for Environment and Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact dermatitis; Health and safety; Occupational health

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LAW; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN CARE; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKER;

EID: 0033012941     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/49.2.85     Document Type: Article

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