Pesticide patch test series for the assessment of allergic contact dermatitis among banana plantation workers in Panama

Dermatitis

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 137-145

  Penagos, Homero ^a   Ruepert, Clemens ^b   Partanen, Timo ^b   Wesseling, Catharina ^b  

^a Social Security Bureau of Panama   (Panama)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENOMYL; CARBARIL; CHLOROTHALONIL; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIQUAT; ENILCONAZOLE; ETHOPROP; GLYPHOSATE; LINDANE; MANEB; OXYFLUORFEN; PARAQUAT; PESTICIDE; PROPICONAZOLE; TIABENDAZOLE; TRIDEMORPH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINEB;

ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PANAMA; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN EXAMINATION;

EID: 9644280886     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2004.04014     Document Type: Article

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