Trends in allergy to the 10 most frequent contact allergens in patients examined at the Nofer Institute, Lodz, Poland in 1996-2009

Postepy Dermatologii i Alergologii

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 19-24

  Kiec Swierczynska, Marta ^a   Krȩcisz, Beata ^a   Chomiczewska, Dorota ^a   Sobala, Wojciech ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Age; Contact allergy; Gender; Major allergens

Indexed keywords

ALLERGEN; BALSAM PERU; BENZOCAINE; COBALT CHLORIDE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DISULFIRAM; FORMALDEHYDE; MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; NICKEL SULFATE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; TURPENTINE;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATCH TEST; POLAND; SENSITIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84858117190     PISSN: 1642395X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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