Formaldehyde-related textile allergy: An update

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 332-336

  Scheman, Andrew J ^a,d   Carroll, Patricia A ^b   Brown, Kenneth H ^c   Osburn, Anne H ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Chemical analytical methods; Clothing; Formaldehyde; Formaldehyde resins; Glycolated dimethylol dihydroxyethylene urea resins; Prevention; Textiles

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; RESIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLOTHING; METHODOLOGY; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; TEXTILE;

EID: 0031823602     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05769.x     Document Type: Article

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