Fragrance contact allergy: A 4-year retrospective study

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-84

  Cuesta, Laura ^a   Silvestre, Juan Francisco ^a   Toledo, Fernando ^a   Lucas, Ana ^a   Pérez Crespo, María ^a   Ballester, Irene ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; epidemiology; fragrances; patch test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; COSMETIC; CYCLOHEXENE DERIVATIVE; FRAGRANCE; GERANIOL; HYDROXYISOHEXYL 3 CYCLOHEXENE CARBOXALDEHYDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALDEHYDE; HYDROXYISOHEXYL 3-CYCLOHEXENE CARBOXALDEHYDE; PERFUME; TERPENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; EUROPE; FACE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; LEG; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPAIN; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DIAGNOSTIC USE; MYROXYLON;

ADULT; ALDEHYDES; CYCLOHEXENES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; HUMANS; MALE; MYROXYLON; PATCH TESTS; PERFUME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERPENES;

EID: 77954641773     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01739.x     Document Type: Article

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