Allergy to complex platinum salts: A historical prospective cohort study

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 252-257

  Niezborala, Michel ^a,c   Garnier, Robert ^b  

^a Assoc Interprof Centres Medicaux   (France)

^b HÔPITAL FERNAND WIDAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

Allergy; Incidence; Platinum

Indexed keywords

PLATINUM COMPLEX;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; ATOPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRICK TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION; SMOKING;

EID: 0029939886     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.53.4.252     Document Type: Article

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