Black tattoo inks are a source of problematic substances such as dibutyl phthalate

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 231-238

  Lehner, Karin ^a   Santarelli, Francesco ^a   Vasold, Rudolf ^a   König, Burkhard ^a   Landthaler, Michael ^a   Bäumler, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

black inks; dibenzofuran; gas chromatography; health problems; phthalate; tattoo

Indexed keywords

9 FLUORENONE; BENZOPHENONE; DIBENZOFURAN; DYE; FLUORENONE DERIVATIVE; HEXACHLOROBUTADIENE; METHENEAMINE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THYMIC STROMAL LYMPHOPOIETIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CYTOTOXICITY; EXPOSURE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TATTOOING; TH2 CELL;

BENZOFURANS; BENZOPHENONES; BUTADIENES; DIBUTYL PHTHALATE; FLUORENES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INK; METHENAMINE; TATTOOING;

EID: 80052713639     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01947.x     Document Type: Article

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