Is occupational irritant contact dermatitis predictable by cutaneous bioengineering methods? Results of the Swiss Metalworkers' Eczema Study (PROMETES)

Dermatology

Volumn 198, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 351-354

  Berndt, Undine ^a,c   Hinnen, U ^a   Iliev, D ^b   Elsner, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Ernst von Bergmann Hospital   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioengineering; Hand eczema; Metal workers

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; BIOPHYSICS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; MOISTURE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCREENING TEST; SKIN WATER LOSS; TRAINING;

ADULT; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ECZEMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MASS SCREENING; METALS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKIN; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SWITZERLAND; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 0032806184     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000018147     Document Type: Article

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