Detergents and bleaches are sources of chromium contact dermatitis in Israel

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 101-104

  Ingber, Arieh ^a,d   Gammelgaard, Bente ^b   David, Michael ^c,e  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Chromium in detergents and bleaches; Chromium sensitivity in Israel

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING AGENT; CHROMIUM; DETERGENT;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; ISRAEL;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CHROMIUM; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DETERGENTS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; OXIDANTS; PATCH TESTS; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE;

EID: 0031886569     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05660.x     Document Type: Article

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