Characterization of skin sensitizing chemicals: A lesson learnt from nickel allergy
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Characterization of skin sensitizing chemicals: a lesson learnt from nickel allergy.
dermatitis. At first glance it would appear self evident that any worthwhile predictive test for the ability of chemicals to cause skin sensitization should, without difficulty, register nickel salts as clear positives. This has not been the experience however. Although nickel is in fact a comparatively weak allergen (the high prevalence of skin sensitization resulting from ubiquitous exposure,...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Immunotoxicology
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1547-691X,1547-6901
DOI: 10.3109/1547691x.2010.531298