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The Hands4U study. Implementing a guideline for the prevention of hand eczema
among healthcare workers
van der Meer, E.W.C.
2015
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van der Meer, E. W. C. (2015). The Hands4U study. Implementing a guideline for the prevention of hand
eczema among healthcare workers.
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The Hands4U study.
Implementing a guideline for the prevention of
hand eczema among healthcare workers.
The study presented in this thesis was conducted at the EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of Public and Occupational Health of the VU University Medical Center. The EMGO+ Institute participates in the Netherlands School of Primary Care Research (CaRe), which was acknowledged in 2005 by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
The study presented in this thesis was funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Health Research Development (ZonMw), project 208020001.
Financial support for the printing of this thesis had kindly been provided by the VU University, HANTEX medical – Numansdorp, and PAUL HARTMANN B.V.
English title: The Hands4U study. Implementing a guideline for the prevention of hand eczema among healthcare workers.
Nederlandse titel: De Hands4U studie. Het implementeren van een richtlijn om handeczeem bij medewerkers in de zorg te voorkomen.
Cover: Simone van der Meer Lay-out: Paul van der Zwet
Printed by: CPI Koninklijke Wöhrmann
© 2015, Esther W.C. van der Zwet – van der Meer, The Netherlands.
VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT
The Hands4U study.
Implementing a guideline for the prevention of
hand eczema among healthcare workers.
ACADEMISCH PROEFSCHRIFT
ter verkrijging van de graad Doctor aan de Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, op gezag van de rector magnificus prof.dr. F.A. van der Duyn Schouten,
in het openbaar te verdedigen ten overstaan van de promotiecommissie
van de Faculteit der Geneeskunde op woensdag 18 maart 2015 om 13.45 uur
in de aula van de universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105
door
promotoren: prof.dr. J.R. Anema prof.dr. P.J. Coenraads copromotoren: dr. C.R.L. Boot