Prevalence of hand dermatitis among hospital nurses working in a tropical environment

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Smith, Derek R ^a,b   Smyth, Wendy ^c   Leggat, Peter A ^b   Wang, Rui Sheng ^a  

^a NATL INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Townsville Health Service District   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Hand dermatitis; Hospital; Nurse; Rural; Tropical environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; RISK; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURGICAL GLOVE; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GLOVES, SURGICAL; HAND DERMATOSES; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUEENSLAND; SMOKING; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

EID: 33645473957     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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