Contact dermatitis caused by nickel release from hair clasps purchased in a country covered by the EU Nickel Directive

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 180-181

  Thyssen, Jacob Pontoppidan ^a,b   Jensen, Peter ^a   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dermatitis; Eczema; Hair clasp; Hair slide; Nickel

Indexed keywords

NICKEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTACT DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATCH TEST; ROSACEA; SCALP PRURITUS;

DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JEWELRY; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; SCALP DERMATOSES;

EID: 61349114169     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2008.01493.x     Document Type: Article

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