Assessment of dermal exposure and skin condition of workers exposed to nickel at a South African base metal refinery

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-30

  Du Plessis, Johannes L ^a   Eloff, Frederik C ^a   Badenhorst, Casper J ^a   Olivier, Johretha ^a   Laubscher, Petrus J ^a   Van Aarde, Michiel N ^a   Franken, Anja ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Dermal exposure; Nickel; Refinery; Skin condition

Indexed keywords

BARRIER FUNCTIONS; BASE METALS; CHEMICAL PROTECTION; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMAL EXPOSURE; INDEX FINGER; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; PROTECTIVE GLOVES; SKIN CONDITIONS; SKIN HYDRATION; WATER LOSS;

CAPILLARITY; HYDRATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; METAL RECOVERY; METAL REFINERIES; NICKEL; REFINING;

NICKEL ALLOYS;

NICKEL;

AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; DRUG EFFECT; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN AND ITS APPENDAGES; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METALLURGY; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; THERMOREGULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; GLOVES, PROTECTIVE; HUMANS; METALLURGY; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN; SKIN PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 77249101399     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mep080     Document Type: Article

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