Dichloronitrobenzene: A reappraisal of its skin sensitization potential

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 55-58

  Basketter, David A ^a   Scholes, Edward W ^a   Fielding, Ian ^b   Dearman, Rebecca J ^b   Hilton, Jennifer ^b   Kimber, Ian ^b  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2,4 dichloronitrobenzene (CAS 611 06 3); Guinea pig maximization test; Immunological basis; Local lymph node assay

Indexed keywords

1 CHLORO 2,4 DINITROBENZENE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; GUINEA PIG; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPH NODE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; GUINEA PIGS; IMMUNIZATION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NITROBENZENES; PATCH TESTS; SKIN;

EID: 0030040330     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02113.x     Document Type: Article

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