Occupational allergic contact dermatitis associated with dimethyl fumarate in clothing

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 122-124

  Foti, C ^a   Zambonin, C G ^a   Cassano, N ^a   Aresta, A ^a   Damascelli, A ^a   Ferrara, F ^b   Vena, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b University of Bari ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Clothing contact allergy; Dimethyl fumarate; Occupational eczema

Indexed keywords

FUMARIC ACID DIMETHYL ESTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLOTHING; HUMAN; MALE; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PATCH TEST; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; REMISSION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; FUMARATES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; PATCH TESTS; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING;

EID: 69249098304     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01567.x     Document Type: Article

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