Allergic contact dermatitis from formaldehyde textile resins

Dermatitis

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 65-76

  Reich, Hilary C ^a   Warshaw, Erin M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,4 BUTANETETRACARBOXYLIC ACID; 2 IMIDAZOLIDINETHIONE; ALLERGEN; CARBAMIC ACID; DIMETHYLOL METHOXYPROPYLENEUREA; DIMETHYLOL PROPYLENEUREA; DIMETHYLOL UREA; ETHYLENEUREA MELAMINE FORMADEHYDE; FORMALDEHYDE; MELAMINE; RESIN; TETRAMETHYLOL ACETYLENEDIUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOTHING; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ALLERGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STANDARD; TEXTILE FIBER;

CLOTHING; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RESINS, SYNTHETIC; RISK FACTORS; TEXTILES;

EID: 77949619834     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2010.09077     Document Type: Review

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