Strontium nitrate suppresses chemically-induced sensory irritation in humans

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 98-100

  Zhai, Hongbo ^a   Hannon, Whitney ^a   Hahn, Gary S ^b   Pelosi, Alessandra ^a   Harper, Robert A ^b   Maibach, Howard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cosmederm Technologies Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha hydroxy acids (AHAs); Glycolic acid; Sensory irritation; Strontium nitrate

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; GLYCOLIC ACID; NITRATE; STRONTIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; MALE; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSATION; SKIN IRRITATION;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATOLOGIC AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLYCOLATES; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; KERATOLYTIC AGENTS; MALE; NITRATES; PARESTHESIA; PRURITUS; SENSATION DISORDERS; SKIN; STRONTIUM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033972683     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2000.042002098.x     Document Type: Article

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