Patch test characteristics of patients referred for suspected contact allergy of the feet-retrospective 10-year cross-sectional study of the IVDK data

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 271-278

  Landeck, Lilla ^a   Uter, Wolfgang ^b   John, Swen Malte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

adhesives; allergy; foot dermatitis; patch testing; potassium dichromate; rubber chemicals

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; DICHROMATE POTASSIUM; ROSIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTACT ALLERGY; FEMALE; FOOT DISEASE; HAND DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PATCH TEST; PSORIASIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN ALLERGY;

EID: 85027922982     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: 16000536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2012.02046.x     Document Type: Article

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