Contact and chemical sensitivities in the hospital environment

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1021-1034

  Pershall, Kim E ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ADHESIVE AGENT; ALCOHOL; ANESTHETIC GAS; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZOCAINE; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; CHLORHEXIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ENDOTOXIN; ETHYLENE OXIDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HALOGEN; HEXACHLOROPHENE; INHALATION ANESTHETIC AGENT; IODINE; LATEX; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; MYCOTOXIN; NEOMYCIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POVIDONE IODINE; SOLVENT; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

APLASTIC ANEMIA; BRAIN DEGENERATION; BRAIN EDEMA; CARCINOGENICITY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIVITY; CORNEA INJURY; DRY SKIN; EYE TOXICITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTOXICATION; KERATOPATHY; LIVER TOXICITY; MUTAGENICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL TOXICOLOGY; OTOTOXICITY; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; THERMAL INJURY; URTICARIA;

EID: 0242317850     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-6665(03)00056-2     Document Type: Review

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