Application of a 4-h human patch test method for comparative and investigative assessment of skin irritation

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 194-202

  Robinson, Michael K ^a   Perkins, Mary A ^a   Basketter, David A ^b  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

1 decanol; Acetic acid; Chemicals; Human; Irritancy; Irritant contact dermatitis; Neurosensitivity; Patch testing; Racial; Sodium dodecyl sulfate; Sodium hydroxide

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DECANOL; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; IRRITANT AGENT; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATCH TEST; RESPONSE TIME; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; STATISTICS;

EID: 0031979474     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05706.x     Document Type: Article

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