Occupational skin diseases among dental nurses

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 77-82

  Alanko, Kristiina ^a   Susitaival, Päivikki ^b   Jolanki, Riitta ^a   Kanerva, Lasse ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^b NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Acrylates; Contact allergy; Disposable gloves; Natural latex rubber; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; METHACRYLIC ACID; PLASTIC; RUBBER;

ATOPY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTACT URTICARIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTAL SURGERY; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; GLOVE; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICIAN; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PATCH TEST; POPULATION; PRICK TEST; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; DENTAL ASSISTANTS; DENTAL MATERIALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FINLAND; HAND DERMATOSES; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MASKS; METHACRYLATES; MIDDLE AGED; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PATCH TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; URTICARIA;

EID: 2442671401     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.00304.x     Document Type: Review

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