Epicutaneous patch test results in children and adults with allergic contact dermatitis in Karlovac county: A retrospective survey

Acta Dermatovenerologica Croatica

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 91-97

  Kuljanac, Ilko ^a   Knežević, Eva ^a   Cvitanović, Hrvoje ^a  

^a KARLOVAC GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adults; Allergic contact dermatitis; Children; Epicutaneous patch test

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BALSAM PERU; COBALT CHLORIDE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; MERCURY; NICKEL SULFATE; TAR; THIOMERSAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROATIA; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959609329     PISSN: 1330027X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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