Chemical allergens-What are the issues?

Toxicology

Volumn 268, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 139-142

  Kimber, Ian ^a   Basketter, David A ^b   Dearman, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DABMEB Consultancy Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical allergy; Predictive assessment; Respiratory allergy; Sensitisation potency; Skin sensitisation

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CONTACT ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ALLERGIC RHINITIS; ALLERGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; MULTIPLE CHEMICAL SENSITIVITY; RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY; SKIN; SKIN TESTS;

EID: 76749161774     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2009.07.015     Document Type: Review

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