Contact allergy to essential oils: Current patch test results (2000-2008) from the Information Network of Departments of Dermatology (IVDK)

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 277-283

  Uter, Wolfgang ^a   Schmidt, Erich ^b,c   Geier, Johannes ^d   Lessmann, Holger ^d   Schnuch, Axel ^d   Frosch, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Kurt Kitzing GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

contact allergy; essential oils; fragrances

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTHRANILIC ACID METHYL ESTER; CLOVE OIL; CYMBOPOGON CITRATUS EXTRACT; ESSENTIAL OIL; EUCALYPTUS OIL; HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEMON OIL; PEPPERMINT OIL; YLANG YLANG OIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CITRON; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JASMINE; JUNIPERUS; LAURENCIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NARCISSUS; OXIDATION; PATCH TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SANTALACEAE; SOUR ORANGE;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OILS, VOLATILE; PATCH TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78349271722     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01768.x     Document Type: Article

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