Tea tree oil

Cutis

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 178-180

  Hartford, Orville ^a   Zug, Kathryn A ^b  

^a KOSAIR CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COSMETIC; TEA TREE OIL; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY;

ALLERGENS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS; TEA TREE OIL;

EID: 26244455120     PISSN: 00114162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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