Contact allergy to metals in adolescents. Nickel release from metal accessories 7 years after the implementation of the EU Nickel Directive in Poland

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 270-276

  Krecisz, Beata ^a   Chomiczewska, Dorota ^a   Palczynski, Cezary ^a   Kiec Swierczynska, Marta ^a  

^a NOFER INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

adolescents; contact allergy; metals; nickel release

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT CHLORIDE; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; DIMETHYLGLYOXIME; METAL DERIVATIVE; NICKEL; NICKEL SULFATE; PALLADIUM; PALLADIUM CHLORIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY PIERCING; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATCH TEST; POLAND; SENSITIZATION; SKIN EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; COBALT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEGISLATION AS TOPIC; MALE; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PATCH TESTS; POLAND; POTASSIUM DICHROMATE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84867331514     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2012.02059.x     Document Type: Article

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