Detection of nickel sensitivity has increased in North American patch-test patients

Dermatitis

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-19

  Rietschel, Robert L ^a   Fowler, Joseph F ^a   Warshaw, Erin M ^a   Belsito, Donald ^a   DeLeo, Vincent A ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^a   Marks, James G ^a   Mathias, C G Toby ^a   Pratt, Melanie ^a   Sasseville, Denis ^a   Storrs, Frances J ^a   Taylor, James S ^a   Zug, Kathryn A ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; NORTH AMERICA; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 41149083694     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2008.06062     Document Type: Article

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