Nickel allergic hypersensitivity: Prevalence and incidence by country, gender, age, and occupation

Nickel and the Skin: Absorption, Immunology, Epidemiology, and Metallurgy

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 39-82

  Hostýnek, Jurij J ^a,b   Reagan, Katherine E ^c   Maibach, Howard I ^b  

^a Euromerican Technol Resources Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NiPERA   (United States)

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