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Occupational hand eczema caused by nickel allergy and semi‐quantified by dimethylglyoxime testing of the skin
Author(s) -
Bangsgaard Nannie,
Thyssen Jacob P.,
Hald Marianne
Publication year - 2015
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.12395
Subject(s) - medicine , university hospital , allergy , hand eczema , dimethylglyoxime , family medicine , contact allergy , dermatology , pediatrics , contact dermatitis , immunology , chemistry , organic chemistry , nickel
Conflicts of interest: The authors declare no conflict of interests. skin contact with consumer items, but nickel is also an important cause of occupational allergic contact dermatitis. Accordingly, excessive nickel exposure has been shown in many occupations (1–3). As it is important for clinicians to confirm and quantify occupational nickel exposure, practical and inexpensive tools are needed. Lidén et al. validated an acid wipe sampling method for quantification of nickel deposition on the skin (4).