Contact dermatitis in Alstroemeria workers

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 397-404

  Van der Mei, I A F ^a   De Boer, E M ^a   Bruynzeel, D P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Alstroemeria; Irritant contact dermatitis; Occupational; Patch testing; Prevalence; Tulipalin A

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PLANT DERMATITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLANTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 0031740683     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/48.6.397     Document Type: Article

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