Screening for acrylate/methacrylate allergy in the baseline series: Our experience in Sweden and Singapore

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 307-313

  Goon, Anthony Teik Jin ^a   Bruze, Magnus ^b   Zimerson, Erik ^b   Goh, Chee Leok ^a   Soo Quee Koh, David ^c   Isaksson, Marléne ^b  

^a NATIONAL SKIN CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Acrylates; Allergic contact dermatitis; Baseline series; Patch test; Screening

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; ACRYLIC ACID; ACRYLIC ACID 2 HYDROXYPROPYL ESTER; CONTACT ALLERGEN; ETHYLENE GLYCOL DIMETHACRYLATE; METHACRYLIC ACID; METHACRYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; TRIETHYLENE GLYCOL DIACRYLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; SINGAPORE; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SWEDEN;

ACRYLATES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHACRYLATES; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149099860     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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