Contact allergy to green coffee bean dust in a coffee processing plant worker

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 56-

  Diba, V C ^a,b   English, J S C ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Coffee; Green coffee bean; Maintenance workers; Occupational

Indexed keywords

CLOBETASOL PROPIONATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COFFEE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DUST; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ARM; COFFEE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUST; FOOD INDUSTRY; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; SEEDS;

EID: 18544389401     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2002.470118.x     Document Type: Article

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