Occupational allergic contact dermatitis from tetrazepam in nurses

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 303-308

  Hulst, Kim Vander ^a   Kerre, Stefan ^b   Goossens, An ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Department of Dermatology ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Airborne; Allergic contact dermatitis; Benzodiazepine; Disabled; Elderly; Nurses; Occupational; Tetrazepam

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; TETRAZEPAM; ZOLPIDEM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CENTRAL MUSCLE RELAXANT;

ADULT; AIRBORNE INFECTION; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; DRUG STRUCTURE; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MALE; MATERIALS HANDLING; NURSE PRACTITIONER; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; CHEMISTRY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DRUG ERUPTIONS; HAND DERMATOSES; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BENZODIAZEPINES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE RELAXANTS, CENTRAL; NURSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 77951669549     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01699.x     Document Type: Article

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