Patch-testing with the standard series at the Massachusetts General Hospital, 1998 to 2006

Dermatitis

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-94

  Landeck, Lilla ^a   Schalock, Peter C ^a   Baden, Lynn A ^a   Neumann, Konrad ^a   Gonzalez, Ernesto ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALSAM PERU; EPOXY RESIN; LANOLIN ALCOHOL; NICKEL; ALLERGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SKIN ALLERGY; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; IMMUNIZATION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALLERGENS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MASSACHUSETTS; ODDS RATIO; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 68049133077     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2009.08084     Document Type: Article

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