Contact allergy to fragrances: Current patch test results (2005-2008) from the Information Network of Departments of Dermatology

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 254-261

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

clinical epidemiology; contact allergy; fragrances

Indexed keywords

CINNAMALDEHYDE; CONTACT ALLERGEN; FRAGRANCE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; EVERNIA PRUNASTRI; FRAGRANCE MIX 1; FRAGRANCE MIX 2; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYROXYLON; PATCH TEST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 78349257092     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01759.x     Document Type: Article

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