Contact allergy and exposure patterns to thiurams and carbamates in consecutive patients

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-99

  Knudsen, B B ^a   Menne T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Carbamates; Cross sensitivity; Rubber chemicals; Rubber gloves; Thiuram mix; Thiurams; Zinc diethyldithiocarbamate

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DISULFIRAM; RUBBER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMATE;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETIOLOGY; GLOVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; SENSITIZATION;

CARBAMATES; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DITIOCARB; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HUMANS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RUBBER; THIRAM;

EID: 0029903417     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02298.x     Document Type: Article

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