The prevalence of contact allergy differed between population-based and clinic-based data

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 627-632

  Uter, Wolfgang ^a,b   Ludwig, Alika ^c   Balda, Bernd Rüdiger ^c   Schnuch, Axel ^a   Pfahlberg, Annette ^b   Schäfer, Torsten ^d   Wichmann, H Erich ^e   Ring, Johannes ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c KLINIKUM AUGSBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^e INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^f TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Cross sectional study; Fragrances; Nickel sulphate; Patch testing; Varicose ulcer treatment

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ALLERGEN; FRAGRANCE; NICKEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATCH TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE; STANDARDIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ALLERGENS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DATA COLLECTION; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; SELECTION BIAS; SEX FACTORS; SKIN TESTS; VARICOSE ULCER;

EID: 3042711173     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2003.04.002     Document Type: Article

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