Validity of self-reported nickel allergy

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 289-293

  Josefson, Anna ^a   Färm, Gunilla ^b   Meding, Birgitta ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Patch test; Predictive value; Questionnaire; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLERGY TEST; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATCH TEST; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ECZEMA; HAND DERMATOSES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; TOXICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

NICKEL;

ADULT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ECZEMA; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77951689719     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01702.x     Document Type: Article

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