Contact allergies in healthcare workers. Results from the IVDK

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 358-363

  Schnuch, A ^a,e   Uter, W ^a,b   Geier, J ^a   Frosch, P J ^c,d   Rustemeyer, T ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^c Department of Dermatology ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Biocides; Clinical epidemiology; Dental technicians; Dentists; Disinfectants; Nurses; Occupational skin disease; Rubber

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ALLERGEN; DISULFIRAM; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; GLYOXAL; METHACRYLIC ACID; RUBBER; THIOMERSAL;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL ASSISTANT; DENTIST; FEMALE; GLOVE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031878166     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/000155598443060     Document Type: Article

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