The MOAHLFA index of irritant sodium lauryl sulfate reactions: First results of a multicentre study on routine sodium lauryl sulfate patch testing

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 51, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 259-262

  Uter, Wolfgang ^a   Geier, Johannes ^b   Becker, Detlef ^c   Brasch, Jochen ^d   Löffler, Harald ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Individual susceptibility; Irritant reaction; Patch testing; Sodium lauryl sulfate

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; LEG DERMATOSES; MALE; PATCH TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 11144257045     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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