Frequency of contact allergy in German children and adolescents patch tested between 1995 and 2002: Results from the Information Network of Departments of Dermatology and the German Contact Dermatitis Research Group

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 111-117

  Heine, Guido ^a   Schnuch, Axel ^b   Uter, Wolfgang ^c   Worm, Margitta ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Children; Clinical epidemiology; Contact allergy; Patch testing

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BUFEXAMAC; COBALT CHLORIDE; GENTAMICIN; MERCURY; NICKEL SULFATE; PLANT EXTRACT; PROPYLENE GLYCOL; THIOMERSAL; TURPENTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATOPY; CHILD; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECZEMA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; PATCH TEST; SENSITIZATION; SEX;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALLERGENS; CHILD; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7044265095     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0105-1873.2004.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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