Wet work and hand eczema in apprentice nurses; Part i of a prospective cohort study

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 44-55

  Visser, Maaike J ^a   Verberk, Maarten M ^a   Van Dijk, Frank J H ^a   Bakker, Jan G ^a   Bos, Jan D ^a   Kezic, Sanja ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

hand eczema; nurses; occupational health; wet work

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HAND ECZEMA; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSE TRAINING; NURSING STUDENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

HAND ECZEMA; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; WET WORK;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DERMATOSES; HAND DISINFECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 84890547430     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12131     Document Type: Review

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