Nickel on the Dutch market: 10 years after entry into force of the EU Nickel Directive

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-117

  Biesterbos, Jacqueline ^a   Lidén, Carola ^b   Van Der Valk, Pieter ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

dimethylglyoxime test; EU legislation; nickel allergy; Nickel Directive; prevention; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLGLYOXIME; NICKEL;

CLOTHING; CONTACT DERMATITIS; HUMAN; JEWELRY; REVIEW;

ALLERGENS; CLOTHING; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EUROPEAN UNION; HUMANS; JEWELRY; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NETHERLANDS; NICKEL; OXIMES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79960257263     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01919.x     Document Type: Review

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