Nickel: The search for alternative, optimal and non-irritant patch test preparations. Assessment based on laser Doppler flowmetry

Skin Research and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 136-141

  Wahlberg, Jan E ^a,b  

^a Dept of Occupational Dermatology   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Healthy volunteers; Irritancy; Laser Doppler flowmetry; Nickel; Patch test preparations; Vehicles

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ALLERGEN; NICKEL; NICKEL CHLORIDE; NICKEL SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ERYTHEMA; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; MALE; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATCH TEST; SKIN BLOOD FLOW;

EID: 0029851870     PISSN: 0909752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0846.1996.tb00075.x     Document Type: Article

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