Isolated late asthmatic reaction after exposure to ammonium persulfate in a hairdresser

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 62-63

  Harth, Volker ^a   Raulf Heimsoth, Monika ^a   Brüning, Thomas ^a   Merget, Rolf ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium persulfate; Bronchial challenge; Hairdresser; Occupational asthma

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE; PERSULFATE AMMONIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; DYSPNEA; EOSINOPHIL; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HAIRDRESSER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST; SNEEZING; SYMPTOM; WORK;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; AMMONIUM SULFATE; ASTHMA; BRONCHIAL PROVOCATION TESTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HAIR PREPARATIONS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 33645046639     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2006.0729e.x     Document Type: Article

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