Methyldibromo glutaronitrile: Clinical experience and exposure-based risk assessment

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 150-154

  Zachariae, Claus ^a   Rastogi, Suresh ^b   Devantier, Charlotte ^a,c   Menné, Torkil ^a   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Exposure assessment; Hand eczema; Methyldibromo glutaronitrile; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

2 BROMO 2 BROMOMETHYLGLUTARONITRILE; CONTACT ALLERGEN; COSMETIC; NITRILE; SHAMPOO; SOAP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CREAM; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; LOTION; MALE; PATCH TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRILES; PATCH TESTS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0038521286     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0536.2003.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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