title: Contact dermatitis and its relationship to atopy in workers on the Polish State Railways.
abstract: Clinical examinations, patch tests and prick tests were carried out in a group of railwaymen. Only 3 had both eczema and atopy. Prick tests were positive in a high proportion of subjects, including both those with eczema and controls.
authors.affiliation: Railway Medicine Scientific Centre, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bachurzewska
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Borucka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kowalewska
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D009783:Dermatitis, Occupational / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011044:Poland; D011890:Railroads; D012882:Skin Tests