Formaldehyde-releasers: Relationship to formaldehyde contact allergy. Contact allergy to formaldehyde and inventory of formaldehyde-releasers

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 63-85

  De Groot, Anton C ^a   Flyvholm, Mari Ann ^b   Lensen, Gerda ^a   Menné, Torkil ^c   Coenraads, Pieter Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

^c GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Formaldehyde; Formaldehyde releaser; Patch testing; Review article; Threshold

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; DIAZOLIDINYL UREA; FORMALDEHYDE; GLUTARALDEHYDE; HEXAMIDINE; HYDANTOIN; METHENAMINE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PHENYTOIN;

FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; LAW; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; PATCH TESTS;

EID: 69249135513     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01582.x     Document Type: Review

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