Clinical examinations to validate self-completion questionnaires: Dermatitis in the UK printing industry

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-13

  Livesley, E J ^a   Rushton, L ^b   English, J S C ^c   Williams, H C ^c  

^a ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dermatitis; Dermatological examination; Occupational health; Printing industry; Questionnaire survey

Indexed keywords

DICHROMATE POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; PRINTING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036657165     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2002.470102.x     Document Type: Article

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