Contact allergy: The local lymph node assay for the prediction of hazard and risk

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 218-221

  Basketter, David A ^a   Smith Pease, C K ^a   Patlewicz, G Y ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ALLERGEN;

ACCURACY; CONTACT ALLERGY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LYMPH NODE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; LOCAL LYMPH NODE ASSAY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0037362514     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2230.2003.01247.x     Document Type: Review

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