Contact allergy to colophony and hand eczema: A follow-up study of patients with previously diagnosed contact allergy to colophony

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-100

  Färm, Gunilla ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colophony; Contact allergy; Follow up study; Hand eczema; Occupational; Patch testing

Indexed keywords

ROSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PATCH TEST;

ADULT; AGED; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RESINS, PLANT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TARS;

EID: 0030026230     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02137.x     Document Type: Article

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