Piper betle L. inflorescence causes allergic contact dermatitis of the hands during betel quid assembly.
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Bour-Jr Wang, Yue-Liang Guo, How-Ran Guo and Ho-Yuan Chang Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, National Cheng Kung University Medical College, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Dermatology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan, and Department of Environmental and Occupational Medicine, National Taiwan University (NTU) Medical College and NTU Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Contact dermatitis
دوره 58 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008