High nickel release from 1- and 2-euro coins: Are there practical implications?

Dermatology

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 288-290

  Lachapelle, Jean Marie ^a   Marot, Liliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dimethylglyoxime test; Euro coins; Nickel release; Patch testing

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYLGLYOXIME; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HAND PALM; HUMAN; MONEY; PATCH TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIZATION;

BELGIUM; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HAND DERMATOSES; HUMANS; MALE; NICKEL; NUMISMATICS; OXIMES; PATCH TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 8344272926     PISSN: 10188665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080850     Document Type: Article

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