The psychosocial work environment and skin symptoms among visual display terminal workers: A case referent study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1250-1257

  Eriksson, Nils ^a   Höög, Jonas ^a   Mild, Kjell Hansson ^b   Sandström, Monica ^b   Stenberg, Berndt ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; OFFICE WORKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; COMPUTER TERMINALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENVIRONMENT; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIATION, NONIONIZING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SWEDEN;

EID: 2642630732     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.6.1250     Document Type: Article

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