Determinants of current hand eczema: Results from case-control studies nested in the PACO follow-up study (PACO II)

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 363-370

  Apfelbacher, Christian J ^a   Funke, Ulrich ^b   Radulescu, Magda ^a   Diepgen, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Dr Funke Consulting GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopy; Case control study; Epidemiology; Hand eczema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; JOB CHARACTERISTICS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ECZEMA; FOLLOW UP; HAND DERMATOSES;

EPOXY RESIN; SOLVENT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ECZEMA; EPOXY RESINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOLVENTS;

EID: 77952281758     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01729.x     Document Type: Article

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