Airborne contact dermatitis from Ambrosia deltoidea (triangle-leaf bursage)

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 212-216

  Schumacher, Michael J ^a,b   Silvis, Nancy G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Air sampling; Airborne contact dermatitis; Ambrosia; Compositae; Plant dermatitis; Ragweed

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMBROSIA DELTOIDEA EXTRACT; PLANT EXTRACT; RESIN; SESQUITERPENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; AMBROSIA DELTOIDEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; PLANT LEAF; RAGWEED; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

AGED; ALLERGENS; AMBROSIA; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HUMANS; INTRADERMAL TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; POLLEN;

EID: 0038798518     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2003.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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