Relationship of patch test positivity in a general versus an eczema population

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 125-130

  Mirshahpanah, Parham ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^b  

^a BAYER AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Epidemiology; Patch test

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; ALLERGEN; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; NEOMYCIN; NICKEL;

CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; ECZEMA; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; PATCH TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOM SAMPLE; REVIEW; SKIN TOXICITY; TOXICITY TESTING; VALIDATION STUDY;

ALLERGENS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ECZEMA; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 33846918725     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01060.x     Document Type: Review

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