Nickel and cobalt allergy before and after nickel regulation - Evaluation of a public health intervention

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 65, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 1-68

  Thyssen, Jacob Pontoppidan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; FILAGGRIN; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DANGEROUS GOODS; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN UNION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HAND ECZEMA; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; JEWELRY; LAW; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COBALT; DENMARK; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JEWELRY; MALE; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960676180     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01957.x     Document Type: Article

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