Current patch test results with the European baseline series and extensions to it from the 'European Surveillance System on Contact Allergy' network, 2007-2008

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-19

  Uter, Wolfgang ^a   Aberer, Werner ^b   Armario Hita, José Carlos ^c   Fernandez Vozmediano, José M ^c   Ayala, Fabio ^d   Balato, Anna ^d   Bauer, Andrea ^e   Ballmer Weber, Barbara ^f   Beliauskiene, Aiste ^g   Fortina, Anna Belloni ^h   Bircher, Andreas ⁱ   Brasch, Jochen ^j   Chowdhury, Mahbub M U ^k   Coenraads, Pieter Jan ^l   Schuttelaar, Marie Louise ^l   Cooper, Sue ^m   Czarnecka Operacz, Magda ⁿ   Zmudzinska, Maria ⁿ   Elsner, Peter ^o   English, John S C ^p   Frosch, Peter J ^q   Fuchs, Thomas ^r   García Gavín, Juan ^a   Fernández Redondo, Virginia ^s   Gawkrodger, David J ^t   Giménez Arnau, Ana ^u   Green, Cathy M ^v   Horne, Helen L ^w   Johansen, Jeanne Duus ^x   Jolanki, Riitta ^y   Pesonen, Maria ^y   King, Clodagh M ^z   Krêcisz, Beata ^aa   Chomiczewska, Dorota ^aa   Kiec Swierczynska, Marta ^aa   Larese, Francesca ^ab   Mahler, Vera ^a   Ormerod, Anthony D ^ac   Peserico, Andrea ^h   Rantanen, Tapio ^ad   Rustemeyer, Thomas ^ae   Sánchez Pérez, Javier ^af   Sansom, Jane E ^ag   Silvestre, Juan Fco ^ah   Simon, Dagmar ^ai   Spiewak, Radoslaw ^aj   Statham, Barry N ^ak   Stone, Natalie ^al   Wilkinson, Mark ^am   Schnuch, Axel ^r   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE PUERTO REAL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^m CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^o FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^p QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^q UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^r UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^s HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO   (Spain)

^t ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^v UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^w JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^x UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^y FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^z ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^aa NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

^ab UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^ac ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^ad PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^ae VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^af HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^ag BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^ah HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALICANTE   (Spain)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^aj JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^ak ABERTAWE BRO MORGANNWG UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^al ANEURIN BEVAN UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD   (United Kingdom)

^am LEEDS GENERAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

clinical epidemiology; contact allergy; health reporting; patch testing

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; 4 HYDROXYBENZOIC ACID ESTER; 5 CHLORO 2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; ALLERGEN; BENZOCAINE; BIOCIDE; BUDESONIDE; CLIOQUINOL; COBALT CHLORIDE; DIAZOLIDINYL UREA; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DIMETHYLCARBAMIC ACID 1 ISOPROPYL 3 METHYL 5 PYRAZOLYL ESTER; DISULFIRAM; EPOXY RESIN; FORMALDEHYDE; FRAGRANCE; HYDROXYISOHEXYL 3 CYCLOHEXENE CARBOXALDEHYDE; LANOLIN; MERCAPTOBENZOTHIAZOLE; METAL; METHYLDIBROMO GLUTARONITRILE; NEOMYCIN; NICKEL SULFATE; PHENYLENEDIAMINE; QUATERNIUM 15; ROSIN; RUBBER; SESQUITERPENE LACTONE; TIXOCORTOL PIVALATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AUSTRIA; COMPUTER NETWORK; CONTACT ALLERGY; DENMARK; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM ON CONTACT ALLERGY NETWORK; FINLAND; GERMANY; HUMAN; ITALY; LITHUANIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYROXYLON; MYROXYLON PEREIRAE; NETHERLANDS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATCH TEST; POLAND; REVIEW; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALLERGENS; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; METALS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PATCH TESTS; PERFUME; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84862221158     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2012.02070.x     Document Type: Review

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