Occupational contact allergy to glyoxal

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 276-281

  Aalto Korte, Kristiina ^a   Mäkelä, Erja A ^a   Huttunen, Maria ^a   Suuronen, Katri ^a   Jolanki, Riitta ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

CAS 107 22 2; CAS 111 30 8; CAS 50 00 0; Dentistry; Dicarboxylic acid; Formaldehyde; Glutaraldehyde; Glyoxal; Health care; Metal industry

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; ALLERGEN; DIALDEHYDE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; GLYOXAL; IRRITANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AIR ANALYSIS; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT ALLERGY; DENTISTRY; FEMALE; GRINDING; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; GLYOXAL; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATCH TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 19944395220     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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