Non-invasive bioengineering methods in an intervention study in 1020 male metal workers: Results and implications for occupational dermatology

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 272-278

  Kütting, Birgitta ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^a   Baumeister, Thomas ^a   Schaller, Barbara ^a   Weistenhöfer, Wobbeke ^a   Drexler, Hans ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Chromametry; Hand eczema; Occupational screening; TEWL; Workplace

Indexed keywords

IRRITANT AGENT; SKIN PROTECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; CLINICAL INDICATOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORIMETRY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; ERYTHEMA; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN CARE; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN WATER LOSS; TISSUE REGENERATION; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; HAND DERMATOSES; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERMOREGULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOENGINEERING; COLORIMETRY; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ERYTHEMA; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951669381     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01706.x     Document Type: Article

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