Occupational dermatoses of health care workers in Korea

Korean Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 887-890

  Cho, Yu Kyung ^a   Park, Hyun Jeong ^a   Lee, Jun Young ^a   Cho, Baik Kee ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contact dermatitis; Health care workers; Occupational dermatoses; Questionnaire survey

Indexed keywords

CONTACT DERMATITIS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 26244457166     PISSN: 04944739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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