Dermal and respiratory sensitization to chromate in a cement floorer

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-176

  De Raeve, Hilde ^a   Vandecasteele, Carlo ^a   Demedts, Maurits ^a   Nemery, Benoit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cement; Contact dermatitis; Hypersensitivity; Metals; Occupational asthma; Potassium dichromate; Smoking

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; CHROMIC ACID; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; SALBUTAMOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INHALATION TEST; LUNG LAVAGE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PEAK EXPIRATORY FLOW; PROVOCATION TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SPIROMETRY;

ASTHMA; BIOPSY; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING;

EID: 0031803071     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199808)34:2<169::AID-AJIM10>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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