Does airborne nickel exposure induce nickel sensitization?

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 355-362

  Mann, Eugen ^a   Ranft, Ulrich ^a   Eberwein, Georg ^b   Gladtke, Dieter ^c   Sugiri, Dorothee ^a   Behrendt, Heidrun ^d   Ring, Johannes ^d   Schäfer, Torsten ^c   Begerow, Jutta ^e   Wittsiepe, Jürgen ^f   Krämer, Ursula ^a   Wilhelm, Michael ^f  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b FH Rheinland Pfalz   (Germany)

^c Landesamt für Natur Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz Nordrhein Westfalen ^*  (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e Hygiene Institut des Ruhrgebiets   (Germany)

^f RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambient air; Exposure; Nickel; Nickel in urine; Nickel sensitization

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; TAP WATER; AIR POLLUTANT; WATER;

AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BODY PIERCING; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR LOBE PIERCING; ETHNICITY; EXPOSURE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; NICKEL URINE LEVEL; PASSIVE SMOKING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; TOXICITY; URINE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; NICKEL; RISK FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 77952268336     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01725.x     Document Type: Article

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