Common contact sensitizers in Chandigarh, India. A study of 200 patients with the European standard series

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 127-131

  Sharma, V K ^a,a   Chakrabarti, A ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Chromate; Cobalt; Colophony; Compositae; Formaldehyde; Fragrance mix; Mercapto mix; Neomycin; Nickel; Para phenylenediamine; Parthenium; Patch testing; Plants; Sesquiterpene lactone mix; Standard series

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CHROMIC ACID; COBALT; CONTACT ALLERGEN; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; ETHER; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; NEOMYCIN; NICKEL SULFATE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; PLANT EXTRACT; ROSIN; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTHENIUM; PATCH TEST; PATIENT; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0031933065     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05677.x     Document Type: Article

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