Free surface nickel in CE-marked and non-CE-marked spectacle frames

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 166-171

  Walsh, G ^a   Mitchell, J W C ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergy; Dimethylglyoxime (DMG) test; Free surface nickel; Spectacle frames

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; HUMAN; MATERIALS TESTING; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECTACLES; TOXICITY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; IMMEDIATE TYPE HYPERSENSITIVITY; STANDARD;

DERMATITIS, CONTACT; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; NICKEL; TITANIUM;

EID: 0036516457     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2002.00018.x     Document Type: Article

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