The outcome of dimethylglyoxime testing in a sample of cell phones in Denmark

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-42

  Thyssen, Jacob Pontoppidan ^a   Johansen, Jeanne D ^a   Zachariae, Claus ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cell phone; Contact allergy; Contact dermatitis; Contact sensitization; Dimethylglyoxime test; Epidemic; Metal; Nickel

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; DIMETHYLGLYOXIME; NICKEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEWELRY; MOBILE PHONE; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; NUMMULAR DERMATITIS; PATCH TEST;

ADULT; CELLULAR PHONE; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; EUROPEAN UNION; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OXIMES;

EID: 47249096610     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01350.x     Document Type: Article

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