Dermatological testing of an improved apertured film surface for feminine hygiene pads

Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 198-203

  Farage, Miranda A ^a,b   Wang, Baiyang ^a   Tucker, Heidi ^a   Ogle, Julie ^a   Rodenberg, Cindy ^a   Azuka, Charles E ^b   Klebba, Christian ^b   Wilhelm, Klaus P ^c  

^a Feminine Clinical Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c proDERM Institute for Applied Dermatological Research   (Germany)

Author keywords

Behind the knee (BTK) test; Feminine hygiene pad; Polarized light; Skin erythema; Subsurface; Surface

Indexed keywords

APERTURED FILM; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRY SKIN; ERYTHEMA; EYE; FEMALE; FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT; HUMAN; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; PATCH TEST; SANITARY PAD; SCORING SYSTEM; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN TEST;

ADULT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84865331517     PISSN: 15569527     EISSN: 15569535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15569527.2011.639040     Document Type: Article

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