Risk factors for contact allergy to nickel - Results of a multifactorial analysis

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-38

  Uter, Wolfgang ^a,b   Pfahlberg, A ^a   Gefeller, O ^a   Geier, J ^b   Schnuch, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAS 10101 91 0; Clinical epidemiology; Contact allergy; Nickel sulfate

Indexed keywords

NICKEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; AUSTRIA; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; AUSTRIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037258172     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.46.s4.29_102.x     Document Type: Article

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