Occupational contact dermatitis in Australia: Diagnostic and management practices, and severity of worker impairment

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 318-324

  Keegel, Tessa ^a,b   Erbas, Bircan ^c   Cahill, Jennifer ^a   Noonan, Amanda ^a   Dharmage, Shyamali ^b   Nixon, Rosemary ^a,d  

^a SKIN AND CANCER FOUNDATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergic; Atopy; Diagnostic patterns; Hand dermatitis; Irritant; Referral

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPY; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLOVE; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OINTMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; SEX RATIO; SKIN EXAMINATION; TOPICAL TREATMENT; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATCH TESTS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 34250650403     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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