Irritant hand dermatitis: Severity of disease, occupational exposure to skin irritants and preventive measures 5 years after initial diagnosis

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 245-251

  Jungbauer, F H W ^a   Van Der Vleuten, P ^a   Groothoff, J W ^b   Coenraads, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gloves; Hand dermatitis; Irritant contact dermatitis; Management; Occupational; Prevention; Skin irritants

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT; IRRITANT AGENT; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; PROPHYLAXIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 3042646662     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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