The European surveillance system of contact allergies (ESSCA): Results of patch testing the standard series, 2004

Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 174-181

  Uter, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic contact; Dermatitis; Epidemiology; Europe; Occupational; Patch tests

Indexed keywords

2 BROMO 2 BROMOMETHYLGLUTARONITRILE; ALLERGEN; COBALT CHLORIDE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; NICKEL SULFATE; PROPOLIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; DATA BASE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MYROXYLON; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN ALLERGY; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EUROPE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 38349042315     PISSN: 09269959     EISSN: 14683083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3083.2007.02359.x     Document Type: Article

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