Contact allergy to fragrances: Frequencies of sensitization from 1996 to 2002. Results of the IVDK

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-76

  Schnuch, Axel ^a   Lessmann, Holger ^a   Geier, Johannes ^a   Frosch, Peter J ^b   Uter, Wolfgang ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Fragrance mix; Frequency of sensitization; Multicentre study; Myroxylon pereirae resin; Oil of turpentine

Indexed keywords

BALSAM PERU; CINNAMALDEHYDE; COSMETIC; FRAGRANCE; GERANIOL; ISOEUGENOL; PERFUME;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOSS; REACTION ANALYSIS; SKIN SENSITIZATION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

BRYOPHYTA; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EUGENOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; IRRITANTS; MALE; MYROXYLON; PERFUME; QUERCUS; RESINS, PLANT; TURPENTINE;

EID: 2442680114     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.00302.x     Document Type: Article

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