Skin allergy from exposure to alloys of chromium

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 315-316

  Flint, G N ^a   Carter, S V ^b   Fairman, B ^b  

^a The Holloway   (United Kingdom)

^b LGC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Analysis; Chromium alloys; Hexavalent chromium

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM DERIVATIVE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; IN VITRO STUDY; SKIN ALLERGY; SWEAT;

ALLERGENS; CHROMIUM ALLOYS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; HUMANS; NICKEL; STAINLESS STEEL; SWEAT;

EID: 0032425693     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05951.x     Document Type: Article

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