Nordic Occupational Skin Questionnaire (NOSQ-2002): A new tool for surveying occupational skin diseases and exposure

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 70-76

  Susitaival, P ^a   Flyvholm, M A ^b   Meding, B ^c   Kanerva, L ^d   Lindberg, M ^e   Svensson, A ^f   Olafsson J H ^g  

^a NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^d FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^e STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Eczema; Epidemiology; Exposure; Hand dermatitis; NOSQ 2002; Occupational; Questionnaire design; Questionnaire methods; Skin diseases

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; STANDARDIZATION; WORKPLACE;

DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; ICELAND; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCANDINAVIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSLATING;

EID: 0346243735     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2003.00159.x     Document Type: Review

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