Self-reported skin exposure - Validation of questions by observation

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 186-191

  Anveden, Ingegärd ^a,d   Lidén, Carola ^a,b   Alderling, Magnus ^a   Meding, Birgitta ^c  

^a Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

^d STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Correlation; Epidemiology; Observation; Population surveys; Skin exposure; Wet exposure

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR MECHANIC; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD; GLOVE; HAIRDRESSER; HAND WASHING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KITCHEN; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; NURSE; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; RELIABILITY; SELF REPORT; SKIN EXPOSURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WET EXPOSURE;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 33746929834     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2006.00907.x     Document Type: Article

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