Prevalence of self-reported hand dermatoses in New Zealand dentists

New Zealand Dental Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 38-41

  Sinclair, Neil A ^a   Thomson, W Murray ^b  

^a School of Dentistry ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTIST; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; SKIN DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENTISTS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 4043142957     PISSN: 00288047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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