Contact dermatitis in military personnel

Dermatitis

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 313-319

  Dever, Tara T ^a,b   Walters, Michelle ^a,b   Jacob, Sharon ^a,b  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; 2 PHENOXYETHANOL; 5 CHLORO 2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; ALLERGEN; ALUMINUM; ANTHRAX VACCINE; BACITRACIN; BALSAM PERU; BUDESONIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; EPOXY RESIN; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; NEOMYCIN; NICKEL; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; QUATERNIUM 15; SMALLPOX VACCINE; THIOMERSAL; VACCINE;

AGAVE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARMY; ARTHRITIS; ARTHROPOD DISEASE; BLISTER; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT URTICARIA; DERMATITIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EYE IRRITATION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION; INSECT BITE; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MILITARY SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OPTIC NEURITIS; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN INJURY; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN NECROSIS; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VACCINATION;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 82455188724     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2011.11024     Document Type: Review

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