Prospective study of clinical symptoms and skin test reactions in medical students exposed to formaldehyde gas

Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 283-289

  Takahashi, Sachiko ^a,b   Tsuji, Kazuhide ^b   Fujii, Kazuyasu ^b   Okazaki, Fusako ^b   Takigawa, Tomoko ^a   Ohtsuka, Aiji ^a   Iwatsuki, Keiji ^b  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrier function; Formaldehyde; Multiple chemical sensitivity; Patch test; Prospective and follow up study

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; ATOPY; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE IRRITATION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GAS; HAND; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LACRIMATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOOD CHANGE; MUCOSA; PATCH TEST; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHINORRHEA; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN FUNCTION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN TEST; SYMPTOM; THROAT IRRITATION; TISSUE REPAIR;

ADULT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; FIXATIVES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34047197832     PISSN: 03852407     EISSN: 13468138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1346-8138.2007.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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