Allergic contact dermatitis following use of a tea tree oil hand-wash not due to tea tree oil

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 354-355

  Greig, Jane E ^a   Thoo, Siew Lee ^a   Carson, Christine F ^a   Riley, Thomas V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Cocamidopropyl dimethylamine betaine; Cosmetics; Health care workers; Medicaments; Melaleuca alternifolia; Nurses; Occupational; Sodium lauryl diethoxysulfate; Surfactants; Tea tree oil

Indexed keywords

TEA TREE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HUMAN; NURSE; SKIN ALLERGY;

EID: 0033386012     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb06197.x     Document Type: Article

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