The complex problem of sensitive skin

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-99

  Marriott, Marie ^a   Holmes, Jo ^a   Peters, Lisa ^a   Cooper, Karen ^a   Rowson, Matthew ^a   Basketter, David A ^a  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contact urticaria; Irritant contact dermatitis; Safety assessment; Sensitive skin; Sensory effects

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; BENZOIC ACID; CAPSAICIN; COCAMIDOPROPYL BETAINE; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; LACTIC ACID; MENTHOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOREARM; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATCH TEST; PREDICTION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SKIN TEST; URTICARIA;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DERMATITIS, IRRITANT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITANTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; SKIN DISEASES;

EID: 22844444172     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00653.x     Document Type: Article

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