Outbreak of caterpillar dermatitis caused by airborne hairs of the mistletoe browntail moth (Euproctis edwardsi)

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 175, Issue 11-12, 2001, Pages 641-643

  Balit, C R ^a   Ptolemy, H C ^a   Geary, M J ^a   Russell, R C ^a   Isbister, G K ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BODY REGIONS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; DISEASE DURATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH VISITOR; HUMAN; INFESTATION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTH; NONHUMAN; RASH; RECURRENT DISEASE; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; TREE; URTICARIA;

EID: 0035804022     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2001.tb143760.x     Document Type: Article

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