Prognosis of occupational hand eczema: A follow-up study

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 142, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 305-311

  Cvetkovski, Rikke Skoet ^a   Zachariae, Robert ^b   Jensen, Henrik ^c   Olsen, Jorn ^d   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^e   Agner, Tove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY RESEARCH   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; JOB CHANGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ECZEMA; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK LEAVE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33645108865     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.142.3.305     Document Type: Article

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