Airborne exposure to preservative methylisothiazolinone causes severe allergic reactions

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 345, Issue 7887, 2012, Pages

  Lundov, Michael Dyrgaard ^a   Zachariae, Claus ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; COSMETIC; PAINT;

AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALLERGIC REACTION; ASTHMA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMORBIDITY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECZEMA; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; SYMPTOM;

COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; INHALATION EXPOSURE; PAINT; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; THIAZOLES;

EID: 84871105077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.e8221     Document Type: Editorial

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