Nickel and cobalt release from jewellery and metal clothing items in Korea

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-18

  Cheong, Seung Hyun ^a   Choi, You Won ^a   Choi, Hae Young ^a   Byun, Ji Yeon ^a  

^a Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

allergy; cobalt; cobalt spot test; contact dermatitis; dimethylglyoxime test; jewellery; nickel

Indexed keywords

COBALT; DIMETHYLGLYOXIME; NICKEL;

ARTICLE; BELT; BUTTON; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLOTHING; EARRING; FINGER RING; HAIRPIN; HOOK; JEWELRY; KOREA; METAL CLOTHING; METAL RELEASE; NECKLACE; PREVALENCE; SNAP; WATCH; ZIPPER;

ALLERGY; COBALT; COBALT SPOT TEST; CONTACT DERMATITIS; DIMETHYLGLYOXIME TEST; JEWELLERY; NICKEL;

CLOTHING; COBALT; JEWELRY; KINETICS; NICKEL; OXIMES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA;

EID: 84890554965     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12141     Document Type: Article

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