Incidence rates, costs, severity, and work-related factors of occupational dermatitis: A workers' compensation analysis of Oregon, 1990-1997

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 713-718

  McCall, Brian P ^a   Horwitz, Irwin B ^b   Feldman, Steven R ^c   Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FISHERMAN; FORESTRY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORKERS' COMPENSATION;

EID: 21844438484     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.141.6.713     Document Type: Article

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