Presumed primary contact sensitization to methylisothiazolinone from paint: A chemical that became airborne

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 341-342

  Kaae, Jeanette ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a   Thyssen, Jacob P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

airborne; contact dermatitis; contact sensitization; MCI; methylchloroisothiazolinone; methylisothiazolinone; MI

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; COSMETIC; NICKEL SULFATE; PAINT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; BURNING SENSATION; CASE REPORT; CHEEK; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALAISE; PATCH TEST; PERIORBITAL EDEMA; SHORT SURVEY; VESICULAR RASH;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAINT; PATCH TESTS; PREDNISOLONE; THIAZOLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861016135     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2012.02012.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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