Occupational skin diseases in Czech healthcare workers from 1997 to 2009

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 289-294

  MacHovcova A ^a   Fenclova Z ^b   Pelclova D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MOTOL   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Contact dermatitis; Czech Republic; Healthcare workers; Occupational skin diseases

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; SKIN ALLERGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CZECH REPUBLIC; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH;

EID: 84876284641     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-012-0764-6     Document Type: Article

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