1- versus 2- and 3-day diagnostic patch testing

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 197-200

  Manuskiatti, Woraphong ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

1 day; 2 days; 3 days; Exposure time; Occlusion time; Patch testing technique

Indexed keywords

CONTACT DERMATITIS; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; SHORT SURVEY; SKIN ALLERGY;

EID: 0029961187     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02357.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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