Occupational allergic contact dermatitis from lichens in present-day Finland

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 36-38

  Aalto Korte, Kristiina ^a   Lauerma, Antti ^a   Alanko, Kristiina ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Farming; Firewood; Forestry; Gardener; Oak moss; Occupational

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; USNIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLD EXPOSURE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOREST; HORTICULTURE; HUMAN; LICHEN; LICHEN ACID ALLERGY; MALE; MOSS; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PHOTOALLERGY; ROCK; SKIN; SKIN ALLERGY; SOIL; TREE; URTICARIA; WORKER;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FORESTRY; HUMANS; LICHENS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 14344253995     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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