Patch testing with fragrance mix II: Results of the IVDK 2005-2008

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 262-269

  Krautheim, Andrea ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^b   Frosch, Peter ^c   Schnuch, Axel ^a   Geier, Johannes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

citral; citronellol; coumarin; farnesol; fragrance allergy; fragrance mix II; hexyl cinnamal; hydroxyisohexyl 3 cyclohexene carboxaldehyde (HICC); patch test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CITRAL; CITRONELLOL; COUMARIN; FARNESOL; HYDROXYISOHEXYL 3 CYCLOHEXENE CARBOXALDEHYDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; DERMATITIS; DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FRAGRANCE MIX 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; ALDEHYDES; ALLERGENS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COSMETICS; CYCLOHEXENES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78349251341     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01753.x     Document Type: Article

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