Another look at seasonal variation in patch test results. A multifactorial analysis of surveillance data of the IVDK

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 146-152

  Uter, W ^a   Geier, J ^a   Land, M ^a   Pfahlberg, A ^b   Gefeller, O ^b   Schnuch, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Epoxy resin; False positive reactions; Formaldehyde; Lanolin alcohol; Methylchloroisothiazolinone methylisothiazolinone; Patch testing; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; EPOXY RESIN; FORMALDEHYDE; LANOLIN ALCOHOL; METHYLCHLOROISOTHIAZOLINONE; METHYLISOTHIAZOLINONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TEST; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WEATHER;

CLIMATE; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FORMALDEHYDE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; PATCH TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0035150686     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2001.044003146.x     Document Type: Article

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