Association between tobacco smoking and prognosis of occupational hand eczema: A prospective cohort study

British Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 171, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1108-1115

  Brans, R ^a,b   Skudlik, C ^a,b   Weisshaar, E ^c   Gediga, K ^a   Scheidt, R ^c   Wulfhorst, B ^a,b   Elsner, P ^d,e   Schonfeld M ^f   John, S M ^a,b   Diepgen, T L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b University of Osnabrück IDerm   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^e Statutory Accident Insurance Clinic of Occupational Diseases   (Germany)

^f Clinic for Occupational Diseases of the VBG (Statutory Accident Insurance)   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ECZEMA; HAND DERMATOSES; INTRADERMAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOBACCO;

CORTICOSTEROID; DERMATOLOGICAL AGENT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS;

EID: 84911408922     PISSN: 00070963     EISSN: 13652133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13169     Document Type: Article

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