Medical and psychosocial outcome of patients with occupational contact dermatitis in Israel

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1061-1065

  Lazarov, A ^a,b   Rabin, B ^b   Fraidlin, N ^b   Abraham, D ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Medical; Occupational contact dermatitis; Outcome; Persistent postoccupational dermatitis; Prognosis; Psychological; Social

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DERMATITIS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OPEN ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN DISEASE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WORK DISABILITY; WORKING TIME; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33748900309     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2006.01697.x     Document Type: Article

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