Olive oil - Contact sensitizer or irritant?

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 5-10

  Kränke, Birger ^a,b   Komericki, Peter ^a   Aberer, Werner ^a  

^a Universitats Hautklinik   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; False positive reactions; Irritant contact dermatitis; Masseuse; Medicaments; Occupational; Olive oil; Patch testing technique; Repeated open application test; Venous eczema

Indexed keywords

OLIVE OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; LEG DERMATOSES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCLUSIVE DRESSINGS; PATCH TESTS; PLANT OILS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN CARE; VENOUS INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0031058247     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1997.tb00914.x     Document Type: Article

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