Is skin exposure to water mainly occupational or nonoccupational? A population-based study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1281-1286

  Meding, B ^a   Lindahl, G ^a   Alderling, M ^a   Wrangsjo K ^a   Berglind, I Anveden ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SKIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; WATER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878651978     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.12275     Document Type: Article

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