Trends in occupational airway diseases in german hairdressers: Frequency and causes

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 486-493

  Dulon, Madeleine ^a   Peters, Claudia ^a   Wendeler, Dana ^a   Nienhaus, Albert ^b  

^a BGW   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Causes; Hairdressers; Obstructive airway disease; Occupational disease; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; HAIR DYE; IRRITANT AGENT; PERFUME;

ALLERGY; ARTICLE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ALLERGENS; GERMANY; HAIR DYES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRRITANTS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PERFUME; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79955655432     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20947     Document Type: Article

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