Statistical data on occupational contact urticaria

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 229-233

  Kanerva, Lasse ^a   Toikkanen, Jouni ^a   Jolanki, Riitta ^a   Estlander, Tuula ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contact urticaria; Cow dander; Epidemiology; Flour; Grains and feed; Immediate contact reactions; Natural rubber latex; Occupational; Protein contact dermatitis; Statistics

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID 2 ETHYLHEXYL ESTER; ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ENZYME; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; LATEX; RUBBER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTACT URTICARIA; DANDER; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; FINLAND; FLOUR; FOOD; FOOD PROCESSING; GRAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; PLANT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN ALLERGY; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

EID: 0029907723     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02363.x     Document Type: Article

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