Chemical exposure and symptoms of hand dermatitis in construction painters

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-21

  Kaukiainen, Ari ^a   Riala, Riitta ^a   Martikainen, Rami ^a   Estlander, Tuula ^a   Susitaival, Päivikki ^b   Aalto Korte, Kristiina ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Carpenters; Epidemiology; Hand dermatitis; Occupational exposure; Painters; Questionnaire study

Indexed keywords

EPOXIDE; PAINT; SOLVENT; URETHAN; WATER;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CARPENTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMATITIS; FINLAND; FOREARM; HAND DERMATITIS; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAINTER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FINLAND; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAINT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 22144460204     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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