An epidemic of isothiazolinone sensitization in a flax spinning mill

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 165-166

  Podmore, Pat ^a  

^a ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acticide SPX; Allergic contact dermatitis; Biocides; Flax spinning; Methylchloroisothiazolinone; Methylisothiazolinone; Occupational

Indexed keywords

ISOTHIAZOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOREARM; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ALLERGY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FOREARM; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; THIAZOLES;

EID: 0031908858     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05687.x     Document Type: Article

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