Occupational contact allergy in the building trade in Germany: Influence of preventive measures and changing exposure

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 403-411

  Geier, Johannes ^a   Krautheim, Andrea ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^b   Lessmann, Holger ^a   Schnuch, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bricklayers; Cement dermatitis; Chromate; Construction workers; Contact allergy; Epoxy resin; Occupational dermatitis; Prevention; Thiurams

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM HEXAVALENT ION; EPOXY RESIN; THIRAM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BUILDING MATERIAL; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SAFETY; SKIN ALLERGY; TIME; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CHROMIUM; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EPOXY RESINS; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; THIRAM; TIME FACTORS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79955576503     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-010-0581-8     Document Type: Article

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