Occupational allergic contact dermatitis due to thimerosal

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 337-338

  Kiec Swierczynska, Marta ^a   Krecisz, Beata ^a   Swierczynska Machura, Dominika ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Health care workers; Medicaments, nurse; Occupational; Thimerosal; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BCG VACCINE; DIPHTHERIA TETANUS VACCINE; HEPATITIS B VACCINE; KANAMYCIN; MOMETASONE FUROATE; NEOMYCIN; POLIOMYELITIS VACCINE; RUBELLA VACCINE; TETANUS TOXOID; THIOMERSAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY;

EID: 0142195710     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2003.00130.x     Document Type: Article

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