Nickel, chromium and cobalt sensitization in a patch test population in north-eastern Italy (1996-2010)

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 23-31

  Rui, Francesca ^a   Bovenzi, Massimo ^a   Prodi, Andrea ^a   Belloni Fortina, Anna ^b   Romano, Ilaria ^b   Corradin, Maria Teresa ^c   Larese Filon, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

chromium; cobalt; dermatitis; nickel; patch test; prevalence

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; COBALT; NICKEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMATE ALLERGY; COBALT ALLERGY; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT SENSITIZATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICKEL HYPERSENSITIVITY; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; SKIN ALLERGY;

ADULT; AGED; ALLERGENS; CHROMIUM; COBALT; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NICKEL; PATCH TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870910827     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2012.02133.x     Document Type: Article

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