Occupational rubber glove allergy: Results of the Information Network of Departments of Dermatology (IVDK), 1995-2001

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-44

  Geier, Johannes ^a,c   Lessmann, Holger ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^b   Schnuch, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c IVDK an der Universitäts Hautklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,3 diphenylguanidine; Dithiocarbamates; Glove allergy; Mercaptobenzothiazole derivatives; Occupational contact allergy; Rubber contact allergy; Thioureas; Thiurams

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ALLERGEN; DISULFIRAM; DITHIOCARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GUANIDINE DERIVATIVE; MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; RUBBER; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; FEMALE; GLOVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; BENZOTHIAZOLES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; THIAZOLES; THIOCARBAMATES; THIOUREA; THIRAM;

EID: 0037258179     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2003.480107.x     Document Type: Article

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