Contact sensitization of older patients in an academic department in Naples, Italy

Dermatitis

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 209-212

  Balato, Anna ^a   Balato, Nicola ^a   Di Costanzo, Luisa ^a   Ayala, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BALSAM OF PERU; COBALT CHLORIDE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; NICKEL SULFATE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRURIGO; SKIN ALLERGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ALLERGENS; BALSAMS; COBALT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; PHENYLENEDIAMINES; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 51149108523     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2008.07076     Document Type: Article

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