Effect of hand dermatitis on the total body burden of chromium after ferrous sulfate application in cement among cement workers

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 151-156

  Chou, Tzu Chieh ^a   Chang, Ho Yuan ^b   Chen, Chiou Jong ^c   Yu, Hsin Su ^d   Wu, Jyun De ^e   Sheu, Shiann Cherng ^e   Shih, Tung Sheng ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cement workers; Ferrous sulfate; Hand dermatitis; Total body burden; Urinary chromium

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHROMIUM; FERROUS SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CEMENT INDUSTRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT DERMATITIS; HAND DERMATITIS; HUMAN; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; MALE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; CHROMIUM; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TAIWAN;

EID: 50249103324     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01403.x     Document Type: Article

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