Sodium metabisulfite - A marker for cosmetic allergy?

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 241-242

  Malik, Mohsin M ^a   Hegarty, Mary A ^a   Bourke, John F ^a  

^a SOUTH INFIRMARY VICTORIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Cosmetics; Cross reaction; Sodium metabisulfite; Sodium sulfite

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; LIQUID PARAFFIN; NICKEL; PRESERVATIVE; SODIUM METABISULFITE; SODIUM SULFITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CREAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY;

COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; SULFITES;

EID: 33847629277     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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