Occupational allergic contact dermatitis caused by rhodium solutions

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 158-161

  Goossens, An ^a   Cattaert, Nele ^a   Nemery, Bert ^a   Boey, Lies ^a   De Graef, Emmy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Occupational Physician   (Belgium)

Author keywords

airborne; allergic contact dermatitis; CAS Number 20765 98 4; jewellery; metals; occupational; rhodium; rhodium(III) chloride hydrate

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; COBALT CHLORIDE; COPPER SULFATE; CYANIDE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; MERCURY; NICKEL SULFATE; PALLADIUM; RHODIUM; SILVER NITRATE; SODIUM AUROTHIOSULFATE; TIN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROSCOPY; GLOVE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; JEWELRY; MALE; MASK; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; ROOM VENTILATION; SKIN DEFECT;

ADULT; COBALT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; RHODIUM; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 79551568095     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01808.x     Document Type: Article

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