Characteristics of wet work in the cleaning industry

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 131-134

  Jungbauer, F H W ^a   Van Der Harst, J J ^a   Schuttelaar, M L ^a   Groothoff, J W ^b   Coenraads, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cleaning industry; Occupational contact dermatitis; Office cleaning; Prevention; Wet work exposure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GLOVE; HAND WASHING; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; OBSERVATION; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; SKIN IRRITATION;

DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DETERGENTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 7044241455     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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