Contact allergy: Another occupational risk to Tetranychus urticae

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 732-738

  Astarita, Corrado ^a,b,c   Di Martino, Paolo ^b   Scala, Guglielmo ^b   Franzese, Antonio ^b   Sproviero, Salvatore ^b  

^a Centro Studi Patologia e Ambiente   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c Ospedale Civile di Sorrento   (Italy)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; allergy; contact urticaria; open test; patch test; protein contact dermatitis; Tetranychus urticae

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URTICARIA;

EID: 0029910894     PISSN: 00916749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0091-6749(96)70120-3     Document Type: Article

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