Allergic contact dermatitis: Effect of age

Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 20-25

  Zhai, Hongbo ^a   Meier Davis, Susan R ^b   Cayme, Brenda ^b   Shudo, Jutaro ^b   Maibach, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NEC Corporation of America   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergen; Dinitrochlorobenzene; Hypersensitivity; Immunologic response; Incidence; Nickel; Sensitization; Transdermal products

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; CLONIDINE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MARKETING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; SKIN ALLERGY; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

AGE FACTORS; ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84856870281     PISSN: 15569527     EISSN: 15569535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15569527.2011.595749     Document Type: Article

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