Systemic allergic dermatitis following airborne exposure to 1,2-benzisothiazolin-3-one

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 310-312

  Kaur Knudsen, Diljit ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a   Christina Carlsen, Berit ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

1,2 benzisothiazolin 3 one; airborne systemic allergic dermatitis; BIT; MCI; methylchloroisothiazolinone; methylisothiazolinone; MI; MI MCI

Indexed keywords

1,2 BENZISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; AZATHIOPRINE; PERFUME; PREDNISOLONE; PRESERVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MALE; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84867286387     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2012.02117.x     Document Type: Article

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