The effect of race and ethnicity on patch test results

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 46, Issue 2 III, 2002, Pages

  DeLeo, Vincent A ^a,b   Taylor, Susan C ^a   Belsito, Donald V ^a   Fowler Jr , Joseph F ^a   Fransway, Anthony F ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^a   Marks Jr , James G ^a   Mathias, C G Toby ^a   Nethercott, James R ^a   Pratt, Melanie D ^a   Reitschel, Robert R ^a   Sherertz, Elizabeth F ^a   Storrs, Frances J ^a   Taylor, James S ^a  

^a North American Contact Dermatitis Group   (United States)

^b ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 TERT BUTYLPHENOL FORMALDEHYDE; ALLERGEN; BALSAM PERU; COBALT CHLORIDE; EPOXY RESIN; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; LANOLIN; PHENYLENEDIAMINE DERIVATIVE; RESIN; THIOUREA DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNIC GROUP; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 19044380011     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mjd.2002.120792     Document Type: Article

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