Patch test reactions to Biobans in metalworkers are often weak and not reproducible

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-31

  Brinkmeier, Thomas ^a,d   Geier, Johannes ^b   Lepoittevin, Jean Pierre ^c   Frosch, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b Information Network of Departments of Dermatology in Germany and Austria (IVDK)   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^d KLINIKUM DORTMUND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Antibacterials; Biobans; Biocides; Formaldehyde releasers; Metalworkers; Occupational; Patch testing technique; Preservatives; Reproducibility

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; PRESERVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METAL INDUSTRY; OCCUPATIONAL ALLERGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; PATCH TEST; RELIABILITY; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

ALLERGENS; AUSTRIA; BICYCLO COMPOUNDS, HETEROCYCLIC; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FORMALDEHYDE; GERMANY; HUMANS; METALLURGY; MORPHOLINES; OXAZOLES; PATCH TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036656755     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2002.470106.x     Document Type: Article

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