Pitfalls of irritant patch testing using different test chamber sizes

American Journal of Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 28-32

  Löffler, Harald ^a,b   Freyschmidt Paul, Pia ^a,b   Effendy, Isaak ^a,b   Maibach, Howard I ^a,b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NORMAL HUMAN; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN WATER LOSS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035126583     PISSN: 1046199X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajcd.2001.19602     Document Type: Article

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