Contact urticaria syndrome from formaldehyde with multiple physical urticarias

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 174-175

  Torkesani, Claudio ^a   Periti, Imara ^a   Beski, Ladan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Contact urticaria syndrome; Formaldehyde; Healthcare workers; Hospital workers; Nurse; Occupational; Physical urticaria

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT URTICARIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PATCH TEST; SKIN; URTICARIA;

ADULT; BRONCHIAL SPASM; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE NURSING; RHINITIS; SHIVERING; SYNDROME; URTICARIA;

EID: 0029837183     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02338.x     Document Type: Article

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