Surveillance and assessment of occupational dermatitis using Rhode Island workers' compensation data 1998 to 2002

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 361-363

  Horwitz, Irwin B ^a   McCall, Brian P ^b   Feldman, Steven R ^c   Balkrishnan, Rajesh ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; UNITED STATES; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANDATORY REPORTING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHODE ISLAND; WORKERS' COMPENSATION; WORKPLACE;

EID: 33745869461     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2006.04.077     Document Type: Article

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