Severe occupational chromium allergy despite cement legislation

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 321-323

  Hedberg, Yolanda S ^a,b   Gumulka, Martin ^c   Lind, Marie Louise ^a,c   Matura, Mihály ^c   Lidén, Carola ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; cement; chromium; concrete; irritant contact dermatitis; occupational

Indexed keywords

CEMENT; CONCRETE; CORTICOSTEROID; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; CHROMIUM;

ADULT; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CASE REPORT; CONTACT ALLERGY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; PATCH TEST; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SHORT SURVEY; YOUNG ADULT; BUILDING INDUSTRY; BUILDING MATERIAL; BURNS, CHEMICAL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; EUROPEAN UNION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SECONDARY PREVENTION;

ADULT; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CHROMIUM; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; MALE; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SECONDARY PREVENTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84910132998     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12203     Document Type: Short Survey

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