Occupational irritant contact dermatitis in a carpenter exposed to wood from Brazilian rainforest tree Manilkara bidentata

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 240-241

  Jensen, Peter ^a   Thyssen, Jacob Pontoppidan ^b   Schulz, Alexander ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Exotic wood; Irritant contact dermatitis; Manilkara bidentata; Occupational

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CARPENTER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECZEMA; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MALE; MANILKARA BIDENTATA; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST; RAIN FOREST; SAPODILLA; WOOD; WOOD DUST;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DUST; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MANILKARA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; WOOD;

EID: 63349111776     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01522.x     Document Type: Article

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