Association between occupation and contact allergy to the fragrance mix: A multifactorial analysis of national surveillance data

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 392-398

  Uter, W ^a   Schnuch, A ^a   Geier, J ^a   Pfahlberg, A ^b   Gefeller, O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Fragrances; Occupational risk factors

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FRAGRANCE; GLASS; METAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; AXILLA; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; FEMALE; FURNACE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATCH TEST; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PATCH TESTS; PERFUME; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035010929     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.58.6.392     Document Type: Article

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