Contact allergy in male construction workers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2000-2005

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 232-234

  Macedo, Marzia Silva ^a,b   De Avelar Alchorne, Alice De Oliveira ^a   Costa, Enilde Borges ^a   Montesano, Fábio Tadeu ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Metals; Occupational; Patch test; Rubber chemicals

Indexed keywords

CARBAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CEMENT; COBALT CHLORIDE; CONTACT ALLERGEN; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DISULFIRAM; NEOMYCIN; RUBBER;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GLOVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; WORKER;

ADULT; BRAZIL; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; MALE; PATCH TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847652923     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01085.x     Document Type: Article

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