Winter season, frequent hand washing, and irritant patch test reactions to detergents are associated with hand dermatitis in health care workers

Dermatitis

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 170-175

  Callahan, Adrienne ^a   Baron, Elma ^a   Fekedulegn, Desta ^b   Kashon, Michael ^b   Yucesoy, Berran ^b   Johnson, Victor J ^b   Domingo, Diana Santo ^a   Kirkland, Brent ^a   Luster, Michael I ^b   Nedorost, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; DETERGENT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; IRRITANT AGENT; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; IRRITANT HAND DERMATITIS; MALE; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; WINTER;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; CAUSALITY; COLD TEMPERATURE; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HAND DISINFECTION; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; SEASONS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881356200     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: 21625220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/DER.0b013e318290c57f     Document Type: Article

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