Irritant thresholds in subjects with colophony allergy

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 95-97

  Smith, H R ^a   Holloway, D ^a   Armstrong, D K B ^a   Basketter, D A ^b   McFadden, J P ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Colophonium; Colophony; Irritants; Sodium lauryl sulfate

Indexed keywords

ROSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN IRRITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; RESINS, PLANT; SKIN; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TARS;

EID: 0033984627     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2000.042002095.x     Document Type: Article

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