Hand eczema in hairdressers: A Danish register-based study of the prevalence of hand eczema and its career consequences

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 151-158

  Lysdal, Susan Hovmand ^a   Søsted, Heidi ^a   Andersen, Klaus Ejner ^b   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

career change; hairdressers; hand eczema; occupational contact dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CAREER PLANNING; DECISION MAKING; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FEMALE; HAIRDRESSER; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BARBERING; CAREER MOBILITY; CHRONIC DISEASE; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051699867     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01935.x     Document Type: Article

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