Dermatitis among farmers engaged in peri-urban aquatic food production in Hanoi, Vietnam

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 59-65

  Anh, Vuong Tuan ^a,b   Van Der Hoek, Wim ^c   Ersbøll, Annette Kjær ^b   Thuong, Nguyen Van ^d   Tuan, Nguyen Dang ^a   Cam, Phung Dac ^a   Dalsgaard, Anders ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Sri Lanka)

^d National Institute of Dermatology   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Aquatic food production systems; Dermatitis; Risk factors; Vietnam; Wastewater use

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERIURBAN AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SKIN DISORDER; WASTEWATER;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECZEMA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INDUSTRY; HAND WASHING; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AQUACULTURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEWAGE; VIETNAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; HANOI; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 36248985173     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2007.01942.x     Document Type: Article

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