Allergic contact dermatitis from chlorinated swimming pool water

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 347-348

  Sasseville, Denis ^a   Geoffrion, Geneviève ^a   Lowry, R Neil ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b Lowry and Associates   (Canada)

Author keywords

1 Bromo 3 chloro 5,5 dimethylhydantoin; Allergic contact dermatitis; Bromine; Chlorine; DiHalo ; Lithium hypochlorite; Sodium hypochlorite; Swimming pool

Indexed keywords

1 BROMO 3 CHLORO 5,5 DIMETHYLHYDANTOIN; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; LITHIUM DERIVATIVE; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHLORINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; SKIN ALLERGY; SWIMMING POOL; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0033374901     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb06190.x     Document Type: Article

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