How much skin protection cream is actually applied in the workplace? Determination of dose per skin surface area in nurses

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 229-233

  Schliemann, Sibylle ^a   Petri, Maximilian ^a   Elsner, Peter ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

barrier cream; cumulative irritation; hand surface area; nurses; occupational hand dermatitis; prevention; quantity; skin protection cream; thickness layer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CREAM; FEMALE; HAND; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION EVENT MONITORING SYSTEM; MONITORING; NURSE; SKIN PROTECTION; SKIN SURFACE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84866128865     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2012.02119.x     Document Type: Article

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