Chlorhexidine - still an underestimated allergic hazard for health care professionals

Occupational Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 301-305

  Wittczak, T ^a   Dudek, W ^a   Walusiak Skorupa, J ^a   Swierczynska Machura D ^a   Palczynski C ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Allergy; Chlorhexidine; Health care

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ANAPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE.; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RHINITIS;

ALLERGY; CHLORHEXIDINE; HEALTH CARE.;

ADULT; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ASTHMA, OCCUPATIONAL; CHLORHEXIDINE; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RHINITIS;

EID: 84878437836     PISSN: 09627480     EISSN: 14718405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqt035     Document Type: Article

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