Irritancy of industrial hand cleansers tested by repeated open application on human skin

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 84-88

  English, J S C ^a   Ratcliffe, J ^a   Williams, H C ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hand cleansers; Hydration; Irritancy; Repeated open application tests; Transepidermal water loss

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; EMOLLIENT AGENT; SOAP;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HAND; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDRATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRURITUS; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN WATER LOSS; STRATUM CORNEUM; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TESTS; WATER LOSS, INSENSIBLE;

EID: 0032934295     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb05996.x     Document Type: Article

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