Do barrier creams and gloves prevent or provoke contact dermatitis?

American Journal of Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 100-106

  Wigger Alberti, Walter ^a,b   Elsner, Peter ^a  

^a JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b Universitats Hautklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; IRRITANT AGENT; LATEX; PROTECTIVE AGENT; RUBBER;

ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CREAM; GLOVE; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; PROVOCATION;

EID: 0031807740     PISSN: 1046199X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1046-199X(98)90005-7     Document Type: Article

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