Contact allergy to sodium sulfite and its relationship to sodium metabisulfite

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 128-130

  Oliphant, Thomas ^a   Mitra, Angana ^a   Wilkinson, Mark ^a  

^a LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; patch test; sodium metabisulfite; sodium sulfite; sulfites

Indexed keywords

SODIUM METABISULFITE; SODIUM SULFITE;

ADULT; ALLERGIC REACTION; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; SULFITES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856902393     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.02029.x     Document Type: Article

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