Fragrance allergy: Assessing the risk from washed fabrics

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-53

  Corea, Namali V ^a   Basketter, David A ^a   Clapp, Catherine ^a   Van Asten, Arian ^b   Marty, Jean Paul ^c   Pons Guiraud, Annick ^d   Laverdet, Catherine ^d  

^a UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH VLAARDINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d Colworth House ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Fabric washing; Fragrance allergy; Induction thresholds; Risk assessment; Skin sensitization

Indexed keywords

ANISE OIL; BENZYL ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CINNAMIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CINNAMYL ALCOHOL; CITRAL; CITRONELLAL; CITRONELLOL; COUMARIN; EUGENOL; FARNESOL; FRAGRANCE; GERANIOL; ISOEUGENOL; LINALOOL;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; FRAGRANCE ALLERGY; HUMAN; LAUNDRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ALLERGY; TEXTILE;

EID: 33745598819     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2006.00872.x     Document Type: Article

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