The biocide polyhexamethylene biguanide remains an uncommon contact allergen: Recent multicentre surveillance data

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 235-239

  Schnuch, Axel ^a,d   Geier, Johannes ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^b   Basketter, David A ^c   Jowsey, Ian R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

CAS 28 757 47 3; Clinical epidemiology; Cosmetics; Delayed hypersensitivity; Polyhexamethylene biguanide; Preservative; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDE; CONTACT ALLERGEN; POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE);

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEG DISEASE; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; REACTION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE;

BIGUANIDES; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DISINFECTANTS; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33847645894     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01089.x     Document Type: Article

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