Recommendation to include methylisothiazolinone in the European baseline patch test series - On behalf of the European Society of Contact Dermatitis and the European Environmental and Contact Dermatitis Research Group

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 263-270

  Bruze, Magnus ^a   Engfeldt, Malin ^a   Gonçalo, Margarida ^b   Goossens, An ^c  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

allergic contact dermatitis; contact allergy; dose in g cm2; European baseline series; MCI MI; methylisothiazolinone; micropipette; patch test sensitization; preservative

Indexed keywords

2 METHYL 4 ISOTHIAZOLIN 3 ONE; COSMETIC;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DERMATITIS; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATCH TEST; SKIN ALLERGY;

EID: 84886935814     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12150     Document Type: Article

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