Contact allergy and respiratory/mucosal complaints from heroin (diacetylmorphine)

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 42-49

  Hogen Esch, A J ^a,b   Van Der Heide, S ^a   Van Den Brink, W ^c,d   Van Ree, J M ^c,e   Bruynzeel, D P ^f   Coenraads, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Refaja Ziekenhuis Stadskanaal   (Netherlands)

^c Central Committee for the Treatment of Heroin Addicts (CCBH)   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airborne; Allergic contact dermatitis; Atopy; Contact allergy; Cross sensitivity; Diacetylmorphine; Heroin; IgE; Nurses; Occupational

Indexed keywords

DIAMORPHINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; EMPLOYEE; EYELID; FACE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOSAL DISEASE; NETHERLANDS; NOSE DISEASE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SERUM; WORK; WORKER;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEROIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NETHERLANDS; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS;

EID: 33645084005     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2006.00745.x     Document Type: Article

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