Revision of the European standard for control of the EU nickel restriction - A probable improvement for European citizens

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-61

  Thyssen, Jacob P ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^b   TorkilMenne ^a   Lidén, Carola ^c  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL;

CAUCASIAN; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; LETTER; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PRODUCT SAFETY; STANDARD;

DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; NICKEL; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 79959827376     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01928.x     Document Type: Letter

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