Cow dander: The most common cause of occupational contact urticaria in Finland

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 309-310

  Kanerva, Lasse ^a   Susitaival, Päivikki ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contact urticaria; Cow; Cow dander; Occupational; Protein contact dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATTLE; CONTACT URTICARIA; DANDER; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PRICK TEST; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FINLAND; HAIR; HUMANS; MALE; URTICARIA;

EID: 0030459938     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02400.x     Document Type: Article

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