The impact of atopic status on a predictive human test of skin irritation potential

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-39

  Basketter, David ^a   Blaikie, Lynn ^a   Reynolds, Fiona ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atopy; Chemicals; Classification; Cocotrimethyl ammonium chloride; Human; Hydrochloric acid; Irritancy; Patch testing; Sodium dodecyl sulfate; Validation

Indexed keywords

COCOTRIMETHYLAMMONIUMCHLORIDE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; TRIMETHYLAMMONIUM SALT DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATCH TEST; PREDICTION; RABBIT; SAFETY; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN TEST;

EID: 0029779286     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02263.x     Document Type: Article

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