Electronics industry

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 579-586

  Koh, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; EPOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; GLASS FIBER; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; METAL; POLYPROPYLENE; SOLVENT; ALLERGEN; IRRITANT AGENT;

CANCER RISK; CONTACT DERMATITIS; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; INDUSTRY; MELANOMA; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REVIEW; SENSITIZATION; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ELECTRONICS; HUMANS; IRRITANTS;

EID: 0031180812     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-081X(97)00059-X     Document Type: Article

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