Allergic contact dermatitis in Iran

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 154-158

  Kashani, Mansour Nassiri ^a,b   Gorouhi, Farzam ^a,b   Behnia, Feraydoun ^a   Nazemi, Mohammad Javad ^b   Dowlati, Yahya ^a   Firooz, Alireza ^a,c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Contact; Dermatitis; Eczema; Patch test

Indexed keywords

4 TERT BUTYLPHENOL; 4 TERT BUTYLPHENOL FORMALDEHYDE RESIN; ALLERGEN; COBALT CHLORIDE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; NICKEL SULFATE; RESIN; ROSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONTACT DERMATITIS; EXPOSURE; FACE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; IRAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; SENSITIZATION; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; IRRITANTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 17444401325     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00545.x     Document Type: Article

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