Consumer leather exposure: An unrecognized cause of cobalt sensitization

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 276-279

  Thyssen, Jacob P ^a   Johansen, Jeanne D ^a   Jellesen, Morten S ^b   Møller, Per ^b   Sloth, Jens J ^b   Zachariae, Claus ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cobalt; dermatitis; leather; patch test reactivity; sensitization; spot test

Indexed keywords

ALITRETINOIN; AZATHIOPRINE; CHROMIUM; COAL TAR; COBALT CHLORIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN A; ETRETIN; MOMETASONE FUROATE; NICKEL; PREDNISOLONE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COBALT SPOT TEST; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PATCH TEST; PUNCH BIOPSY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIZATION; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN ALLERGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 84886941660     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12101     Document Type: Article

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