Classification criteria for skinsensitizing chemicals: A commentary

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 175-182

  Basketter, David A ^a   Flyvholm, M A ^b   Menne T ^a,c  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Classification criteria; Contact allergy; European Union; Legislation; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development; Skin sensitization; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AGENT; CONTACT ALLERGEN; ALLERGEN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

CLASSIFICATION; EUROPEAN UNION; LAW; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SKIN; SKIN TEST; STANDARD;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EUROPEAN UNION; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; SKIN; SKIN TESTS; SOCIETIES, SCIENTIFIC; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032588393     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb06029.x     Document Type: Review

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