Allergic contact dermatitis and asthma caused by limonene in a labourer handling citrus fruits

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 315-316

  Guarneri, Fabrizio ^a,b   Barbuzza, Olga ^a   Vaccaro, Mario ^a   Galtieri, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Asthma; Citrus fruits; Labourer; Limonene; Occupational disease

Indexed keywords

LIMONENE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC ASTHMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CITRUS FRUIT; EYELID EDEMA; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PATCH TEST; RADIOALLERGOSORBENT TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SPIROMETRY; WORK RESUMPTION; WORKER;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ASTHMA; CITRUS; CYCLOHEXENES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; TERPENES;

EID: 42149188322     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01294.x     Document Type: Article

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