Does allergic contact dermatitis from formaldehyde in clothes treated with durable-press chemical finishes exist in the USA?

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 127-136

  De Groot, Anton C ^a   Maibach, Howard I ^b  

^a Department of Dermatology School of Medicine University of California San Francisco ^*  (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic contact dermatitis; Clothes; Durable press chemical finish; Formaldehyde

Indexed keywords

1,3 DIMETHYL 4,5 DIHYDROXYETHYLENEUREA; CONTACT ALLERGEN; COSMETIC; DIMETHYLOL DIHYDROXYETHYLENEUREA; DIMETHYLOLPROPYLENEUREA; ETHYLENE; FORMALDEHYDE; MELAMINE; TETRAMETHYLOL ACETYLENEDIUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA; ALLERGEN;

ALLERGIC REACTION; BACK; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOTHING; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ERYTHRODERMA; FACE; FRICTION; HEAT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LICHENOID ERUPTION; NECK; PATCH TEST; PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN ALLERGY; SWEATING; TEXTILE; TEXTILE FINISHING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; THORAX; TOXIN ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VALIDITY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; TOXICITY;

ALLERGENS; CLOTHING; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; TEXTILES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649148668     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2009.01581.x     Document Type: Review

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