Airborne irritant contact dermatitis due to synthetic fibres from an air-conditioning filter

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 126-129

  Patiwael, Jiska A ^a   Wintzen, Marjolein ^a   Rustemeyer, Thomas ^a   Bruynzeel, Derk P ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Air conditioning; Airborne irritant contact dermatitis; Dust; Hospital; Mineral fibres; Occupational dermatoses; Polyethylene fibres; Polypropylene fibres; Synthetic fibres

Indexed keywords

EMOLLIENT AGENT; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DUST; FEMALE; FILTER; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN IRRITATION; SYNTHETIC FIBER; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 17444432226     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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