Association between cobalt allergy and dermatitis caused by leather articles - A questionnaire study

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 106-114

  Bregnbak, David ^a   Thyssen, Jacob P ^a   Zachariae, Claus ^a   Menné, Torkil ^a   Johansen, Jeanne D ^a  

^a GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

allergic cobalt dermatitis; allergy; cobalt; cobalt allergy; cobalt chloride; dermatitis; leather; metals

Indexed keywords

COBALT CHLORIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; EMOLLIENT AGENT; ALLERGEN; COBALT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMATITIS; DERMATOLOGY LIFE QUALITY INDEX; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEATHER INDUSTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATCH TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLERGENS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COBALT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATCH TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TANNING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921344647     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cod.12319     Document Type: Article

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