Prevalence of delayed hypersensitivity to the European standard series in a self-selected population

Australasian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 86-89

  Greig, Jane E ^a   Carson, Christine F ^b   Stuckey, Martin S ^b   Riley, Thomas V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Australia; European standard allergens; Patch test

Indexed keywords

COBALT CHLORIDE; CONTACT ALLERGEN; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; FRAGRANCE; NICKEL SULFATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; CAUSTICS; COBALT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PERFUME; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; PREVALENCE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034110093     PISSN: 00048380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2000.00400.x     Document Type: Article

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