Patch testing with formaldehyde and formaldehyde-releasers: Multicentre study in Spain (2005-2009)

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 286-292

  Latorre, Nuria ^a   Borrego, Leopoldo ^b   Fernández Redondo, Virginia ^c   García Bravo, Begoña ^d   Giménez Arnau, Ana María ^e   Sánchez, Javier ^f   Silvestre, Juan Francisco ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c Hospital Gil Casares   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL DEL MAR   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; cosmetics; diazolidinyl urea; formaldehyde; formaldehyde releasers; imidazolidinyl urea; occupational; patch test

Indexed keywords

1,3,5 TRIHYDROXYETHYLHEXAHYDROTRIAZINE; BRONOPOL; CONTACT ALLERGEN; DIAZOLIDINYL UREA; FORMALDEHYDE; HYDANTOIN DERIVATIVE; IMIDAZOLIDINYL UREA; METHENAMINE; QUATERNIUM 15; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN SENSITIZATION; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FACIAL DERMATOSES; FORMALDEHYDE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; HYDANTOINS; LEG DERMATOSES; MALE; METHENAMINE; PATCH TESTS; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN; TRIAZINES; UREA;

EID: 80054071709     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.01953.x     Document Type: Article

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