Occurrence and prognosis of hand eczema in the car industry: Results from the PACO follow-up study (PACO II)

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 322-329

  Apfelbacher, Christian J ^a   Radulescu, Magda ^a   Diepgen, Thomas L ^a   Funke, Ulrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b AUDI AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dermatitis; Hand eczema; Incidence; Metalworking industry; Prevalence; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDUSTRY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 44349148429     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01329.x     Document Type: Article

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