Work-related skin and airway symptoms among Swedish dentists rarely cause sick leave or change of professional career

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 267-272

  Andreasson, Harriet ^a   Örtengren, Ulf ^b   Barregård, Lars ^b   Karlsson, Stig ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Change of work; Dental materials; Dentists; Sick leave

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL AND DENTAL MATERIALS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER MOBILITY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT ALLERGY; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CAREER MOBILITY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DENTAL MATERIALS; DENTISTS; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN;

EID: 0035487901     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000163501750541110     Document Type: Article

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