Airborne allergic contact dermatitis from mercury in a chemistry student

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 297-298

  Thomas, Peter ^a   Rueff, Franziska ^a   Przybilla, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitic; Amalgam; Cross sensitivity; Inorganic mercury; Laboratory worker; Metallic mercury; Occupational; Organic mercury

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; MERCURY; MERCURY CHLORIDE; MERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DRY POWDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; CHEMISTRY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MERCURY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031472132     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1997.tb02470.x     Document Type: Article

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