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Recommendation to increase the test concentration of methylchloroisothiazolinone/methylisothiazolinone in the E uropean baseline patch test series – on behalf of the E uropean S ociety of C ontact D ermatitis and the E uropean E nvironmental and C ontact D ermatitis R esearch G roup
Author(s) -
Bruze Magnus,
Goossens An,
Isaksson Marléne
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/cod.12240
Subject(s) - patch test , contact allergy , contact dermatitis , medicine , allergic contact dermatitis , dermatology , allergy , patch testing , sensitization , surgery , immunology
Methylchloroisothiazolinone (MCI)/methylisothiazolinone (MI) in aqua is present in the European baseline patch test series at 100 ppm, whereas 200 ppm has been used in Sweden since 1986, in Spain in the late 1980s, and, in recent years, also in the United Kingdom and Ireland.