Use of aromatherapy products and increased risk of hand dermatitis in massage therapists

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 140, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 991-996

  Crawford, Glen H ^a,c   Katz, Kenneth A ^a   Ellis, Elliot ^b   James, William D ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c 2 Rhoads Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL OIL;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CREAM; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOTION; MALE; MASSAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AROMATHERAPY; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MASSAGE; PHILADELPHIA; PLANT OILS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 4043184222     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.140.8.991     Document Type: Article

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