Industrial Pseudomonas folliculitis

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 895-899

  Hewitt, David J ^a,c   Weeks, David A ^b   Millner, Glenn C ^a   Huss, R Gail ^a  

^a Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health   (United States)

^b Risk Management and Engineering   (United States)

^c CTEH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dermatitis; Occupational; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Pseudomonas folliculitis; Skin; Work related

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL OVERGROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RASH; RECYCLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 33750936795     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: 10970274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20391     Document Type: Article

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