Evaluation of two self-administered questionnaires to ascertain dermatitis among metal workers and its relation with exposure to metal working fluids

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-20

  Wendel De Joode, Berna Van ^a,b   Vermeulen, Roel ^c   Heederik, Dick ^c   Van Ginkel, Kees ^d   Kromhout, Hans ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Cutting fluids; Dermal exposure; Epidemiology; Irritant contact dermatitis; Machine operators; Occupational; Skin complaints; Validation

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENT DYE; METAL; TRACER;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATOLOGY; DERMIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FACE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FOREARM; HAND; HAND DISEASE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL OILS; METALLURGY; METALS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34250635564     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01127.x     Document Type: Article

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