Unintended cutaneous reactions to CS spray

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 9-13

  Watson, Karen ^a   Rycroft, Richard ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; CS spray; Occupational; Police; Skin reactions

Indexed keywords

2 CHLOROBENZYLIDENEMALONONITRILE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLISTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKODERMA; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; POLICE; ROSACEA; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DERMATITIS, SEBORRHEIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; O-CHLOROBENZYLIDENEMALONITRILE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLICE; RIOT CONTROL AGENTS, CHEMICAL; ROSACEA; WORKPLACE;

EID: 22144434459     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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