Occupational dermatoses in restaurant, catering and fast-food outlets in Singapore

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 466-471

  Teo, Sylvia ^a   Teik Jin Goon, Anthony ^b   Siang, Lee Hock ^a   Lin, Gan Siok ^a   Koh, David ^c  

^a Ministry of Manpower Government of Singapore   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Burns; Contact dermatitis; Restaurant industry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC URTICARIA; ARTICLE; ATOPY; BURN; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEAT RASH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARONYCHIA; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; SKIN ALLERGY; WORKER;

ACCIDENTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURNS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RESTAURANTS; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349618439     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqp034     Document Type: Article

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