Contact allergy to sodium metabisulfite: An occupational problem

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-112

  Kaaman, Ann Catrin ^a   Boman, Anders ^a   Wrangsjö, Karin ^a   Matura, Mihaly ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; antioxidants; occupational dermatology; patch testing; sodium disulfite; sodium metabisulfite

Indexed keywords

SODIUM METABISULFITE; SULFITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DENTIST; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; PATCH TEST; PHOTOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; X RAY; AGED; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; HAND DERMATOSES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATCH TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFITES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954652636     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01756.x     Document Type: Article

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