Prevalence of skin and back diseases in geriatric care nurses

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 983-992

  Dulon, Madeleine ^a   Kromark, Kathrin ^a   Skudlik, Christoph ^b   Nienhaus, Albert ^a  

^a Institution for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention in the Health and Welfare Services   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact dermatitis; Geriatric nursing; Low back pain; Nurses; Occupational diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DRY SKIN; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HAND ECZEMA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BACK PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NECK INJURY; NURSE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING CARE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PREVALENCE; PRURITUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SHOULDER INJURY; SKIN IRRITATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERMANY; HAND DERMATOSES; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK PAIN; NURSING HOMES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 44649096883     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-007-0292-y     Document Type: Article

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