The nickel released from jewelry in Israel and its clinical relevance

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 195-197

  Ingber, A ^a   Klein, S ^b   David, M ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Dimethylglyoxime test; Jewelry; Nickel; Prevention

Indexed keywords

NICKEL;

ARTICLE; ATOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY;

DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; EAR, EXTERNAL; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0031753349     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05896.x     Document Type: Article

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