Absence of platinum salt sensitivity in autocatalyst workers exposed to tetraamine platinum dichloride

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 215-218

  Steinfort, D P ^a   Pilmore, J ^a   Brenton, S ^a   Hart, D H L ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hexachloroplatinate; Occupational asthma; Platinum salt sensitivity; Tetraamine platinum dichloride

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN DERIVATIVE; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE; TETRAAMMINEPLATINUM(II);

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; HUMAN; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN TEST; SPIROMETRY;

ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; METALLURGY; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; SKIN TESTS; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 65849494942     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqn035     Document Type: Article

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