Emollients in a propanol-based hand rub can significantly decrease irritant contact dermatitis

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 344-349

  Kampf, Günter ^a,b   Wigger Alberti, Walter ^c   Schoder, Volker ^c   Wilhelm, Klaus Peter ^c  

^a Bode Chemie GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^c proDERM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atopics; Emollients; Irritant contact dermatitis; Propanol based hand rub; ROAT

Indexed keywords

EMOLLIENT AGENT; PROPANOL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FORMULATION; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 29244432168     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2005.00727.x     Document Type: Article

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