Contact dermatitis in tobacco farmworkers

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-43

  Abraham, Nina F ^a   Feldman, Steven R ^a,b,c   Vallejos, Quirina ^c   Whalley, Lara E ^c   Brooks, Thanh ^d   Cabral, Gonzalo ^d   Earp, Patricia ^d   Fleischer Jr , Alan B ^a,b   Quandt, Sara A ^c   Arcury, Thomas A ^c  

^a Center for Dermatology Research   (United States)

^b Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Carolina Family Health Centers Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Agromedicine; Farmworkers; Latino Hispanic; Occupational skin disease; Tobacco farming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARM; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AXILLA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; FLEXOR MUSCLE; HARVESTING; HAY FEVER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PRURITUS; RASH; TOBACCO; TRUNK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; TOBACCO; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 34250676596     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01148.x     Document Type: Article

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