The validity of a questionnaire-based epidemiological study of occupational dermatosis

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 295-300

  Carstensen, Ole ^a   Rasmussen, Kurt ^a   Pontén, Ann ^b   Gruvberger, Birgitta ^b   Isaksson, Marléne ^b   Bruze, Magnus ^b  

^a HERNING HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anamnesis; Dermatitis; Epoxy; Questionnaire; Screening

Indexed keywords

EPOXY RESIN; PLASTIC;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATCH TEST; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASH; SCREENING TEST; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; EPOXY RESINS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PATCH TESTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASTICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33749549082     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2006.00920.x     Document Type: Article

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