Strategies for prevention: Occupational contact

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 450-457

  Brown, T P ^a  

^a MRC Institute for Environment and Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absenteeism; Allergens; Irritants; Occupational contact dermatitis; Prevention; Work related

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; CHROMIC ACID; CHROMIUM; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT; EPOXY RESIN; PAINT; PROPYLENE GLYCOL;

AIR CONDITIONING; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYEE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; PATCH TEST; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PREEMPLOYMENT MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAWDUST; TRAINING; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES;

EID: 7744223255     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqh097     Document Type: Review

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