Majantol® - A new important fragrance allergen

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 48-50

  Schnuch, Axel ^a,d   Geier, Johannes ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^b   Frosch, Peter J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Fragrances; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; FRAGRANCE; COSMETIC; DRUG DERIVATIVE; MAJANTOL; PERFUME; TOLUENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; DERMATITIS; FACE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PREVALENCE; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PATCH TESTS; PERFUME; PREVALENCE; TOLUENE;

EID: 34250681455     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2006.01062.x     Document Type: Article

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