Occupational allergic contact dermatitis from benzalkonium chloride

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 357-358

  Kanerva, Lasse ^a   Jolanki, Riitta ^a   Estlander, Tuula ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airborne; Allergic contact dermatitis; Benzalkonium chloride; Catering; Cleaning; Detergent; Disinfectant; Epidemiology; N alkyl N,N dimenthyl benzylammonium chloride, N alkyl N,N dimenthyl ethylbenzylammonium; Occupational; Patch testing technique

Indexed keywords

BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CETYLPYRIDINIUM SALT; CORTICOSTEROID; DETERGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; NEOMYCIN; NICKEL SULFATE;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLEANING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COOKING; DERMATITIS; FACE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST; RASH; SKIN ALLERGY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; COOKERY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DETERGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; SKIN;

EID: 0034111057     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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