Allergic contact dermatitis from rubber bands in 3 postal workers

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 311-312

  Ellison, Judith M ^a,c   Kapur, Natasha ^b   Yu, Raymond C ^b   Goldmith, Portia C ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Mercaptobenzothiazole; Occupational; Postal worker; Rubber bands; Thiurams

Indexed keywords

DISULFIRAM; MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; RUBBER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTACT DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; POSTAL MAIL; SKIN ALLERGY;

EID: 1842454892     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2003.0251h.x     Document Type: Article

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