Visual assessment of human skin irritation: A sensitive and reproducible tool

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 218-220

  Basketter, David ^a   Reynolds, Fiona ^a   Rowson, Matt ^a   Talbot, Claire ^a   Whittle, Ed ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Grading of erythema; Irritant contact dermatitis; Reproducibility; Skin irritation; Visual assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN IRRITATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING;

EID: 0030700428     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1997.tb02438.x     Document Type: Article

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