Children's clothing fasteners as a potential source of exposure to releasable nickel ions

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 100-105

  Heim, Katherine E ^a,c   McKean, Bruce A ^b  

^a Nickel Development Inst   (Canada)

^b Nickel Institute

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Clothing; Dermatitis; Dimethylglyoxime; DMG; EN 1811; Fasteners; Metals; Nickel; Nickel Directive; Sensitization

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLGLYOXIME; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CLOTHING; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CLOTHING; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; NICKEL; OXIMES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58849104364     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01487.x     Document Type: Article

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