Allergic contact dermatitis due to Kathon(®) CG in Hong Kong

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 41-42

  Lee, T Y ^a   Lam, T H ^b  

^a Patrick Manson Building South Wing ^*  (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Chinese; Cosmetics; Hong kong; Kathon( ) CG; Methylchloroisothiazolinone; Methylisothiazolinone; Patch testing

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; KATHON CG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD; HONG KONG; HUMAN; NECK; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY;

EID: 0032810421     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb06207.x     Document Type: Article

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