Work-related skin diseases in Norway may be underreported: Data from 2000 to 2013

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 409-412

  Alfonso, Jose H ^a   Løvseth, Eva K ^a   Samant, Yogindra ^b   Holm, Jan O ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority   (Norway)

^c OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

epidemiology; exposure; Norway; occupational; surveillance; underreporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; HUMAN; ICD-9; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN DISEASE; WORK RELATED SKIN DISEASE; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGISTER; SKIN DISEASES;

DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NORWAY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; REGISTRIES; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 84929275739     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12355     Document Type: Article

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