Design and feasibility of an international study assessing the prevalence of contact allergy to fragrances in the general population: The European Dermato-Epidemiology Network Fragrance Study

Dermatology

Volumn 221, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-275

  Rossi, Marta ^a,c   Coenraads, Pieter Jan ^d   Diepgen, Thomas ^e   Svensson, Ke ^g   Elsner, Peter ^f   Gonçalo, Margarida ⁱ   Bruze, Magnus ^h   Naldi, Luigi ^a,b  

^a Centro Studi GISED   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^f FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^g LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^h LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Contact allergy; Fragrance; Survey

Indexed keywords

FRAGRANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PATCH TEST; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RASH; SENSITIZATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

EID: 78049477789     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319757     Document Type: Article

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