Methylisothiazolinone contact allergy and dose-response relationships

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 330-336

  Lundov, Michael D ^a   Zachariae, Claus ^a   Johansen, Jeanne D ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

contact allergy; dose response; methylisothiazolinone; patch test; ROAT

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; 2 PHENOXYETHANOL; COSMETIC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COSMETICS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATCH TESTS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SKIN TESTS; THIAZOLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955883975     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01901.x     Document Type: Article

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