The EU Nickel Directive revisited-future steps towards better protection against nickel allergy

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 121-125

  Thyssen, Jacob P ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^b   McFadden, John ^c   Menné, Torkil ^a   Spiewak, Radoslaw ^d   Vigan, Martine ^e   Gimenez Arnau, Ana ^f   Lidén, Carola ^g  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^e HÔPITAL SAINT JACQUES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^g KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

allergy prevention; EU Nickel Directive; nickel allergy; nickel dermatitis; nickel exposure; public health

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLGLYOXIME; NICKEL;

ADULT; BIOACCUMULATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONSUMER; EUROPE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; JEWELRY; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SKIN PROTECTION;

ALLERGENS; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NICKEL;

EID: 79551570350     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2010.01852.x     Document Type: Review

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