Chromated metal products may be hazardous to patients with chromate allergy

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 199-202

  Geier, Johannes ^a   Lessmann, Holger ^a   Hellweg, Brigitte ^b   Jappe, Uta ^c   Spornraft Ragaller, Petra ^d   Fuchs, Thomas ^a   Aberer, Werner ^e   Frosch, Peter J ^f   Weisshaar, Elke ^c   Mahler, Vera ^g   Löffler, Harald ^h   Skudlik, Christoph ⁱ   Szliska, Christiane ^j   Koch, Patrick ^k   Pföhler, Claudia ^l   Lilie, Martina ^m   Becker, Detlef ⁿ   Trcka, Jiri ^o   Meyer, Jochen ^p   Hahn, Jens Uwe ^q   Adam, Monika ^r   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^h PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^j Bethesda Hospital   (Germany)

^k LABORATOIRE DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE DU CANCER   (Luxembourg)

^l SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^m Klinikum Krefeld   (Germany)

ⁿ JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^p Wald Klinikum Gera   (Germany)

^q INSTITUT FÜR ARBEITSSCHUTZ DER DEUTSCHEN GESETZLICHEN UNFALLVERSICHERUNG IFA   (Germany)

^r Statutory Accident Insurance of the Metalworking Industry   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Chromate; Chromate dermatitis; Chromated metal; Contact allergy; Patch test study; Potassium dichromate

Indexed keywords

CHROMIC ACID; CHROMIUM; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; METAL DERIVATIVE; PETROLATUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE;

EID: 63349097488     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01476.x     Document Type: Article

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