10-year prevalence of contact allergy in the general population in Denmark estimated through the CE-DUR method

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 265-272

  Thyssen, Jacob Pontoppidan ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^b   Schnuch, Axel ^c   Linneberg, Allan ^d   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CE DUR; Contact allergy; Contact dermatitis; DUR; Fragrance mix; Nickel; Prevalence clinical epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MONITORING; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATCH TEST; POPULATION; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; BALSAMS; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DRUG UTILIZATION REVIEW; HUMANS; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; PERFUME; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34548577525     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01218.x     Document Type: Article

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