Occupational contact dermatitis in nurses with eczema of the hands;Allergia professionale nel personale sanitario

Medicina del Lavoro

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 265-270

  Filon, Francesca Larese ^a   Bagnato, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Health care workers; Irritant contact dermatitis; Natural rubber latex; Nurses; Occupational dermatitis

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; LATEX;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT URTICARIA; HAND ECZEMA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RHINITIS; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TINGLING;

ADULT; ASTHMA; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HAPTENS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LATEX HYPERSENSITIVITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TESTS; URTICARIA;

EID: 0345686561     PISSN: 00257818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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