Do hairdressers in Denmark have their hand eczema reported as an occupational disease? Results from a register-based questionnaire study

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 72-78

  Lysdal, Susan H ^a   Søsted, Heidi ^a   Johansen, Jeanne D ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

hairdresser apprentices; hairdresser population; hairdressers; hand eczema; occupational contact dermatitis; occupational disease register; occupational hygiene; questionnaire study; register based study; reporting occupational disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAIRDRESSER; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; BARBERING; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DISEASE NOTIFICATION; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855652463     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01997.x     Document Type: Article

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