An attempt to improve diagnostics of contact allergy due to epoxy resin systems. First results of the multicentre study EPOX 2002

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 51, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 263-272

  Geier, Johannes ^a,h   Lessmann, Holger ^a   Hillen, Uwe ^b   Jappe, Uta ^c   Dickel, Heinrich ^d   Koch, Patrick ^e   Frosch, Peter J ^f   Schnuch, Axel ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^e SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^h IVDK an der Universitäts Hautklinik   (Germany)

Author keywords

1,4 Butanediol diglycidyl ether; 1,6 Hexanediol diglycidyl ether; Contact allergy; Cresyl glycidyl ether; DGEBA R; DGEBF R; Epoxy resin; Hardeners; Isophorone diamine; m xylylene diamine; Occupational; p tert butylphenyl glycidyl ether; Phenyl glycidyl ether

Indexed keywords

1,4 BUTANEDIOL DIGLYCYDYL ETHER; 1,6 HEXANEDIOL DIGLYCIDYL ETHER; 3 XYLELENE DIAMINE; 4 TERT BUTYLPHENYL GLYCIDYL ETHER; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALLERGEN; BISPHENOL F; CRESYL GLYCIDYL ETHER; DIAMINE DERIVATIVE; DIGLYCIDYL ETHER; EPOXY RESIN; ETHER DERIVATIVE; GLYCIDYL PHENYL ETHER; ISOPHORONE DIAMINE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS ALLERGY; DILUTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; CRESOLS; CYCLOHEXYLAMINES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; EPOXY COMPOUNDS; EPOXY RESINS; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PHENOLS; UPPER EXTREMITY; XYLENES;

EID: 11144283198     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.00465.x     Document Type: Article

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