Gold: An allergen of growing significance

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 839-844

  Hostynek J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; GOLD;

CONTACT URTICARIA; ECZEMA; GRANULOMA; HYPERSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN TOXICITY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY COMPLEX; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; GOLD; HUMANS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; SKIN; URTICARIA;

EID: 18844469737     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-6915(97)00058-6     Document Type: Review

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