Hand Dermatitis: A Focus on Allergic Contact Dermatitis to Biocides

Dermatologic Clinics

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-264

  Maier, Lisa E ^a,b   Lampel, Heather P ^c   Bhutani, Tina ^d   Jacob, Sharon E ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Biocide; Contact allergy; Contact dermatitis; Diagnosis; Hand dermatitis; Preservative

Indexed keywords

2 BROMO 2 BROMOMETHYLGLUTARONITRILE; 2 PHENOXYETHANOL; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 5 CHLORO 2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; BIOCIDE; BRONOPOL; CHLOROXYLENOL; COSMETIC; DIAZOLIDINYL UREA; EUXYL K 400; FORMALDEHYDE; GERMALL 115; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HYDANTOIN; PRESERVATIVE; QUATERNIUM 15;

ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTACT ALLERGY; HAND; HAND DERMATITIS; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATCH TEST; POMPHOLYX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

ALLERGENS; CARBAMATES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DERMATOLOGY; DISINFECTANTS; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARAL; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; METHENAMINE; NITRILES; PARABENS; PATCH TESTS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; UREA; XYLENES;

EID: 67649479365     PISSN: 07338635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.det.2009.05.007     Document Type: Review

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