Skin disease among staff in a large Korean nursing home

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 198, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 175-180

  Smith, Derek Richard ^a,b   Choi, Jae Wook ^c   Yu, Dong Soo ^d   Ki, Myung ^c   Oh, Chun Hwa ^c   Yamagata, Zentaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University Ansan Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dermatitis; Korea; Nursing home staff; Scabies; Skin disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DERMATOLOGY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MYCOSIS; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCABIES; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN INFECTION; TINEA PEDIS; WORK; WORKING TIME;

ADULT; DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; SCABIES; SKIN DISEASES; TINEA PEDIS;

EID: 12244297762     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.198.175     Document Type: Article

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