Lower incidence of sesquiterpene lactone sensitivity in a population in Asia versus a population in Europe: An effect of chrysanthemum tea?

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-164

  Mak, Rose K H ^a   White, Ian R ^a   White, Jonathan M L ^a   McFadden, John P ^a   Goon, Anthony J T ^b  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian; Chrysanthemum tea; European; Oral tolerance; Patch testing; Sesquiterpene lactones

Indexed keywords

SESQUITERPENE LACTONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD; CHRYSANTHEMUM; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; TEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEVERAGES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRYSANTHEMUM; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LACTONES; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SESQUITERPENES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 34547817133     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01117.x     Document Type: Article

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