Effect of glove occlusion on human skin (II): Long-term experimental exposure

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 258-262

  Ramsing, Dorte W ^a,b   Agner, Tove ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cotton gloves; Gloves; Irritant contact dermatitis; Non invasive measuring methods; Occlusion; Prevention; Skin barrier function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTTON; FEMALE; GLOVE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; INFLAMMATION; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATHOGENESIS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN WATER LOSS;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; GOSSYPIUM; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN PHYSIOLOGY; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 0029877345     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02196.x     Document Type: Article

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