Hand dermatitis among university hospital nursing staff with or without atopic eczema: Assessment of risk factors

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-79

  Lan, Cheng Che E ^a,b,c   Tu, Hung Pin ^c,d   Lee, Chien Hung ^c   Wu, Ching Shuang ^c   Ko, Ying Chin ^d   Yu, Hsin Su ^a   Lu, Yi Wei ^c   Li, Wan Chen ^a   Chen, Gwo Shing ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MUNICIPAL TA TUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

atopic eczema; hand dermatitis; hand wash frequency; nurses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING STAFF; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING;

EID: 78651319255     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01813.x     Document Type: Article

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