Lavender

Dermatitis

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 344-347

  Wu, Peggy A ^a,b   James, William D ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FRAGRANCE; LAVANDULA AUGUSTIFOLIA EXTRACT; LAVANDULA STOECHAS EXTRACT; LAVENDER OIL; LINALOOL; MUSCLE RELAXANT AGENT; PLANT EXTRACT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT; TEA TREE OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALOPECIA AREATA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; AROMATHERAPY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DRUG ACTIVITY; ECZEMA; GYNECOMASTIA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; JAPANESE; LAVENDER; NONHUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHOTODERMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REVIEW; ROSEMARY; SKIN ALLERGY; THYME; VAGINAL PRURITUS; WOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGENS; AROMATHERAPY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LAVANDULA; MALE; MASSAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PLANT OILS; PLANT PREPARATIONS;

EID: 82455188732     PISSN: 17103568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/6620.2011.11040     Document Type: Review

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