Contact allergy in the cleaning industry: Analysis of contact allergy surveillance data of the Information Network of Departments of Dermatology

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 159-166

  Liskowsky, Joanna ^a   Geier, Johannes ^b   Bauer, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; cleaning industry; disinfectants; formaldehyde; mercaptobenzothiazole; patch testing; rubber ingredients; thiurams; zinc diethyldithiocarbamate

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; DIETHYLDITHIOCARBAMIC ACID; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DISULFIRAM; DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; FORMALDEHYDE; MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; RISK FACTOR; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; THIRAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051695856     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01937.x     Document Type: Article

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