Prevalence of cutaneous reactions to the pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) in an adult population

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 220-228

  Vega, José María ^a   Moneo, Ignacio ^b   Ortiz, José Carlos García ^a   Palla, Pilar Sánchez ^a   Sanchís, María Eugenia ^a   Vega, Jesús ^a   Gonzalez Muñoz, Miguel ^b   Battisti, Andrea ^c   Roques, Alain ^d  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO RÍO HORTEGA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^d Inst Natl de la Rech Agronom   (France)

Author keywords

Cutaneous reaction; Pine processionary caterpillar; Prevalence; Thaumetopoea pityocampa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEPIDOPTERA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; THAUMETOPOEA PITYOCAMPA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHS; PINUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SPAIN; URBAN HEALTH; URTICARIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952614099     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01884.x     Document Type: Article

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