Isoeugenol is an important contact allergen: Can it be safely replaced with isoeugenyl acetate?

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 272-275

  White, I R ^a   Johansen, J D ^b   Arnau, E Giménez ^c   Lepoittevin, J P ^c   Rastogi, S ^d   Bruze, M ^e   Andersen, K E ^f   Frosch, P J ^g   Goossens, A ^h   Menne T ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^e Dept of Occupational Dermatology ^*  (Sweden)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allergen substitution; Fragrance allergy; Isoeugenol; Isoeugenyl acetate; Product labelling

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COSMETIC; FRAGRANCE; ISOEUGENOL; ISOEUGENOL ACETATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATCH TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EUGENOL; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS; PERFUME;

EID: 0032850915     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb06160.x     Document Type: Article

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