Role of ceramides in proclivity to toluene and xylene-induced skin irritation in man

Dermatosen in Beruf und Umwelt

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 119-125

  Di Nardo, Anna ^a,c   Sugino, Kiyoko ^a   Ademola, John ^a   Wertz, Philip ^b   Maibach, Howard I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

ceramides; organic solvents; skin irritation; skin lipids; toluene; xylene

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE DERIVATIVE; SKIN LIPID; TOLUENE; XYLENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SKIN IRRITATION;

EID: 0030015250     PISSN: 03432432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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