Sorbitan mono-oleate: A potential allergen in paste bandages

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 377-

  Wakelin, S H ^a   Cooper, S ^a   Marren, P ^a   Shaw, S ^a  

^a AMERSHAM HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Emulsifiers; Leg ulcer; Medicaments; Sorbitan mono oleate; Sorbitan sesquioleate

Indexed keywords

EMULSIFYING AGENT; SORBITAN SESQUIOLEATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANDAGE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEG ULCER; MALE; SKIN ALLERGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; BANDAGES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DRUG ERUPTIONS; EXCIPIENTS; FEMALE; HEXOSES; HUMANS; LEG ULCER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OINTMENTS; PATCH TESTS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0030478916     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1996.tb02432.x     Document Type: Article

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