Incidence and prevalence rates for occupational contact dermatitis in an Australian suburban area

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 254-259

  Keegel, Tessa ^a,b   Cahill, Jennifer ^a   Noonan, Amanda ^a   Dharmage, Shyamali ^b   Saunders, Helen ^a   Frowen, Kathryn ^a   Nixon, Rosemary ^a  

^a SKIN AND CANCER FOUNDATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergic; Epidemiology; Irritant; Positive predictive value

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORBIDITY; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATCH TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLERGENS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VICTORIA;

EID: 19944392943     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00571.x     Document Type: Article

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