Exposure-pattern dermatitis due to CS gas

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-47

  Sommer, S ^a   Wilkinson, S M ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airborne; Allergic contact dermatitis; CS gas; Incapacitants; Ortho chlorobenzylidene malononitrile; Police use

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROBENZYLIDENEMALONONITRILE; CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; POLICE; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; HUMANS; MALE; O-CHLOROBENZYLIDENEMALONITRILE; PEMPHIGOID, BULLOUS; TEAR GASES;

EID: 0032904207     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb05976.x     Document Type: Article

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