Bank clerk's occupational allergic nickel and cobalt contact dermatitis from coins

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 217-218

  Kanerva, Lasse ^a   Estlander, Tuula ^a   Jolanki, Riitta ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Bank clerk; Cobalt; Coins; Dimethylglyoxime test; Nickel; Occupational

Indexed keywords

COBALT; NICKEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; MONEY; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OFFICE WORKER; PATCH TEST; PRICK TEST;

COBALT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; NUMISMATICS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 6844257529     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05715.x     Document Type: Article

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