Health-related quality of life in health care workers with work-related skin diseases

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 145-151

  Matterne, Uwe ^a   Apfelbacher, Christian Joachim ^a   Soder, Stefanie ^a   Diepgen, Thomas Ludwig ^a   Weisshaar, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Occupational dermatoses; Quality of life; Skin disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 70349541029     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01592.x     Document Type: Article

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