Microorganism-induced skin disease in workers exposed to metalworking fluids

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-40

  Awosika Olumo, A I ^a   Trangle, Kevin L ^b   Fallon Jr , L Fleming ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMEx Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminated clothing; Cutting oils; Dermatitis; Dermatosis; Industrial metal workers; Metalworking fluids; Microbial dermatosis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; METAL;

ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLEANING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOREARM; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GLOVE; HAND INFECTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MACHINE; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; METAL INDUSTRY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SAMPLING; SHOE; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DISEASE; UNITED STATES; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALLURGY; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; SKIN DISEASES, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 0344838602     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqg006     Document Type: Article

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