Occupational dermatoses by type of work in Greece

Safety and Health at Work

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 142-148

  Zorba, Eleni ^a   Karpouzis, Antony ^a   Zorbas, Alexandros ^b   Bazas, Theodore ^c   Zorbas, Sam ^a   Alexopoulos, Elias ^d   Zorbas, Ilias ^a   Kouskoukis, Konstantinos ^a   Konstandinidis, Theodoros ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b GIOTIS SA   (Greece)

^c Ministry of Health and Welfare   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

environmental health; occupational dermatoses; occupational epidemiology; occupational exposure; prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ACNE; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BURN; CHEMICAL BURN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT URTICARIA; FEMALE; GREECE; HAIRDRESSER; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN CANCER; URTICARIA;

EID: 84884686647     PISSN: 20937911     EISSN: 20937997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shaw.2013.06.001     Document Type: Article

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