Exposures related to hand eczema: A study of healthcare workers

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 247-253

  Ibler, Kristina S ^a,b   Jemec, Gregor B E ^a   Agner, Tove ^b  

^a ROSKILDE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

contact dermatitis; exposure assessment; hand eczema; healthcare workers; occupational skin disease

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMIDIFIER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SOAPS;

EID: 84859715628     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.02027.x     Document Type: Article

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