Hand dermatitis among veterinarians from Queensland, Australia

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 336-338

  Leggat, Peter A ^a,b   Smith, Derek R ^a,b   Speare, Richard ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Epidemiology; Hand dermatitis; Risk factor; Veterinarian

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HAND DERMATITIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RISK FACTOR; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; VETERINARIANS;

EID: 66249099546     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01562.x     Document Type: Article

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