Irritant effects of a detergent in wash, chamber and repeated open application tests

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 134-137

  Hannuksela, Anna ^a   Hannuksela, Matti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b SOUTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bioengineering methods; Chamber test; Colorimetry; Irritant contact dermatitis; Repeated open application test; Synthetic detergent; Transepidermal water loss; Visual scoring; Wash test

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT;

ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MALE; SKIN TEST; SKIN WATER LOSS;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DETERGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 0030026231     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02145.x     Document Type: Article

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