Hand dermatitis and allergic patch test reactions caused by nickel in electroplaters

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 137-140

  Kanerva, Lasse ^a   Kiilunen, Mirja ^a   Jolanki, Riitta ^a   Estlander, Tuula ^a   Aitio, Antero ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Electroplaters; Epidemiology; Hand dermatitis; Nickel; Occupational; Patch testing

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; NICKEL SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SKIN DISEASE;

EID: 0030942316     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1997.tb00395.x     Document Type: Article

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