Materials and allergens within spectacle frames: A review

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 130-139

  Walsh, Glyn ^a   Wilkinson, S Mark ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Glasses; Metals; Plastics; Spectacles

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ALLERGEN; ALUMINUM; CARBON FIBER; CELLULOSE ACETATE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; COSMETIC; DYE; EPOXY RESIN; GOLD; METAL; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PHOSPHATE; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PLASTIC; PLATINUM; POLYAMIDE; POLYURETHAN; RUBBER; SILVER; SOLVENT; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE;

MATERIALS; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SPECTACLES;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; PLASTICS; RUBBER;

EID: 33746921187     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2006.00791.x     Document Type: Review

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