Use tests: ROAT (repeated open application test)/PUT (provocative use test): An overview

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-3

  Nakada, Tokio ^a   Hostynek, Jurij J ^b   Maibach, Howard I ^b  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Patch testing; Provocative use test (PUT); Repeated open application test (ROAT); Use test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN;

BODY REGIONS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEASUREMENT; PATCH TEST; PROVOCATION TEST; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN PENETRATION; SKIN TEST; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0034088186     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2000.043001001.x     Document Type: Review

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