Contact allergy to cosmetics: Testing with patients' own products

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 310-315

  Held, Elisabeth ^a   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^b   Agner, Tove ^b   Menné, Torkil ^b  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cosmetic allergy; Cosmetic ingredients; Formaldehyde; Fragrances; Own cosmetic products; Patch testing technique; Standard series

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; SKIN CARE; SKIN IRRITATION;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 0032977503     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1999.tb06081.x     Document Type: Article

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