Self-reported skin disease in hydrotherapists working in swimming pools

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 327-331

  Lazarov, Aneta ^a,c   Nevo, K ^b   Pardo, A ^b   Froom, P ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Institute Israel   (Israel)

^c MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Contact dermatitis; Hydrotherapy; Irritant contact dermatitis; Occupational; Skin disease; Smoking; Swimming pools

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; INTERVIEW; LIMB DISEASE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; SELF REPORT; SKIN PRURITUS; SMOKING HABIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWIMMING POOL; TELEPHONE; TRUNK; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WORK;

EID: 29244450148     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00699.x     Document Type: Article

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