Difficulties in using Material Safety Data Sheets to analyse occupational exposures to contact allergens

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 147-153

  Friis, Ulrik F ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a   Flyvholm, Mari Ann ^b   Bonde, Jens P E ^a   Johansen, Jeanne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

exposure assessment; material safety data sheets; MSDS; occupational allergic contact dermatitis; shortcomings

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ALLERGEN; ALLERGEN;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SKIN ALLERGY; WORKPLACE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; STANDARDS;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; HUMANS; MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEETS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 84922825385     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12314     Document Type: Article

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