World at work: Evidence based risk management of nail dust in chiropodists and podiatrists

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 713-716

  Burrow, J G ^a   McLarnon, N A ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Society of Chiropodists and Pediatrists   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; DUST; FOOT DISEASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NAIL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PODIATRIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; HUMANS; NAILS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARTICLE SIZE; PODIATRY; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33749458662     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.2006.027565     Document Type: Article

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