Patch test results with metals and meteorological conditions

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 235-240

  Hegewald, Janice ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^a   Kränke, Birger ^c   Schnuch, Axel ^b   Gefeller, Olaf ^a   Pfahlberg, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dermatitis, allergic contact; Epidemiology; Patch testing

Indexed keywords

COBALT CHLORIDE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; IRRITANT AGENT; METAL; NICKEL SULFATE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; ERYTHEMA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN INFILTRATE; SKIN IRRITATION; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; CHROMIUM; COBALT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 54249121281     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000142047     Document Type: Article

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