Metals

Contact Dermatitis (Fifth Edition)

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 643-679

  Lidén, Carola ^a   Bruze, Magnus ^b   Thyssen, Jacob Pontoppidan ^c   Menné, Torkil ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-03827-3_35     Document Type: Chapter

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