Prevention of occupational skin disease: A workplace intervention study in geriatric nurses

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 337-344

  Dulon, M ^a   Pohrt, U ^a   Skudlik, C ^b   Nienhaus, A ^a  

^a Health and Welfare Services   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact dermatitis; Evaluation; Geriatric nursing; Intervention studies; Nurses; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERMANY; HAND DISEASE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CARE;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERMANY; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND DERMATOSES; HANDWASHING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SKIN CARE;

EID: 73349133338     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09226.x     Document Type: Article

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