Cobalt release from implants and consumer items and characteristics of cobalt sensitized patients with dermatitis

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 113-122

  Thyssen, Jacob P ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a   Lidén, Carola ^b   Julander, Anneli ^b   Jensen, Peter ^a   Jakobsen, Stig S ^c   Søballe, Kjeld ^c   Gotfredsen, Klaus ^d   Jellesen, Morten S ^e   Johansen, Jeanne D ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cobalt allergy; cobalt dermatitis; cobalt ions; epidemiology; screening; spot test

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; DENTAL ALLOY; NICKEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC REACTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; COBALT ALLERGY; COBALT SPOT TEST; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HAND ECZEMA; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; ION TRANSPORT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELLULAR PHONE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMIUM; COBALT; DENTAL PROSTHESIS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857056359     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2011.02001.x     Document Type: Review

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