Contact dermatitis in agricultural workers: Rôle of common crops, fodder and weeds

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 373-374

  Mahajan, V K ^a   Sharma, V K ^a   Kaur, I ^a   Chakrabarti, A ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural workers; Allergic contact dermatitis; Crops; Fodder; Occupational; Parthenium hysterophorus; Plants; Weeds; Xanthium strumarium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CROP; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ALLERGENS; ANIMAL FEED; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; PLANTS;

EID: 0030473699     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02428.x     Document Type: Article

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