Selected important fragrance sensitizers in perfumes - Current exposures

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 201-204

  Rastogi, Suresh Chandra ^a   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^b   Bossi, Rossana ^a  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

After shave lotion; Atranol; Chemical analysis; Chloroatranol; Eau de parfum; Eau de toilette; Fragrances; Isoeugenol; Lyral (hydroxyisohexyl 3 cyclohexene carboxaldehyde)

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ATRANOL; CHLOROATRANOL; COSMETIC; FRAGRANCE; HYDROXYISOHEXYL 3 CYCLOHEXENE CARBOXALDEHYDE; ISOEUGENOL; PERFUME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENMARK; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARKET; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ALDEHYDES; ALLERGENS; BENZALDEHYDES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CYCLOHEXENES; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EUGENOL; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; PERFUME;

EID: 33847650530     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01067.x     Document Type: Article

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