Risk factors influencing the development of hand eczema in a population-based twin sample

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 149, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1214-1220

  Bryld, L E ^a   Hindsberger, C ^b   Kyvik, K O ^c   Agner, T ^a   Menne, T ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Atopy; Contact allergy; Hand eczema; Twins; Wet work

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HAND ECZEMA; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WORK;

ADULT; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; NICKEL; ODDS RATIO; PATCH TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC; WATER;

EID: 0346724709     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2003.05678.x     Document Type: Article

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