Occupational contact dermatitis in the pharmaceutical industry

Clinics in Dermatology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 662-668

  Goossens, An ^a   Hulst, Kim Vander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIANDROGEN; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTIGOUT AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; ANTIMALARIAL AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTITHYROID AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; ANTIVIRUS AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CYANOCOBALAMIN; DIURETIC AGENT; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; HALIDE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; HYPNOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MUSCARINIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; OPIATE AGONIST; RETINOL; SEDATIVE AGENT; THIAMINE; UNINDEXED DRUG; VASODILATOR AGENT;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; CHEMICAL ACCIDENT; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INHALATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; NOTE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PHARMACIST; PHARMACY TECHNICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ABSORPTION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN IRRITATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DRUG INDUSTRY; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS;

EID: 80054744220     PISSN: 0738081X     EISSN: 18791131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clindermatol.2011.08.011     Document Type: Note

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