Epidemiology

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 135-163

  Coenraads, Pieter Jan ^a   Diepgen, Thomas ^b   Uter, Wolfgang ^c   Schnuch, Axel ^d   Gefeller, Olaf ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84895414508     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-31301-X_10     Document Type: Chapter

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