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Document ID (ISN)68919
CIS number 97-596
ISSN - Serial title 0339-6517 - Documents pour le médecin du travail
Year 1996
Convention or series no. DMT 67 TA 57
Author(s) Cavelier C., Foussereau J.
Title Contact allergy to metals and their salts
Original title Allergie de contact aux métaux et à leurs sels [in French]
Bibliographic information 3rd Quarter 1996, No.67, p-199-238. approx. 400 ref.
Abstract The principal topics of this information note are: allergy tests and allergological investigations; chromium; nickel; cobalt; mercury; palladium; other metals; differential diagnosis. In annex: hard metals; metal plating; alloys; basic data on corrosion; table of concentrations used in tests for allergies to various metallic salts.
Descriptors (primary) palladium; cobalt; nickel; mercury; chromium; salts; skin allergies; allergy tests; metals
Descriptors (secondary) data sheet; alloys
Document type F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards
Country / State or ProvinceFrance
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s) Chemical safety
Browse category(ies) Inorganic substances
Mercury and compounds
Allergies
Skin diseases
Nickel and compounds