Prevalence of nickel allergy among Finnish university students in 1995

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 218-223

  Mattila, Leena ^a   Kilpeläinen, Maritta ^b   Terho, Erkki O ^b   Koskenvuo, Markku ^b   Helenius, Hans ^b   Kalimo, Kirsti ^b  

^a Finnish Student Health Service   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Atopy; Clinical epidemiology; Nickel allergy; Skin piercing

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; NICKEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; PRICK TEST; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN INJURY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 0035085388     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2001.044004218.x     Document Type: Article

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