Surveillance of occupational skin disease: EPIDERM and OPRA

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1128-1134

  Cherry, N ^a   Meyer, J D ^a   Adisesh, A ^a   Brooke, R ^a   Owen Smith, V ^a   Swales, C ^a   Beck, M H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Occupational contact dermatitis; Occupational skin disease; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHEMICAL AGENT; EPOXIDE; GLUE; NICKEL; OIL; PAINT; PETROLEUM; RESIN; RUBBER; SOAP; SOLVENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTACT URTICARIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SKIN CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SKIN DISEASES; URTICARIA;

EID: 0034125260     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2133.2000.03537.x     Document Type: Article

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