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Infant Clothing Snaps as a Potential Source of Nickel Exposure
Author(s) -
JACOB SHARON E.,
MATIZ CATALINA
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2011.01240.x
Subject(s) - clothing , medicine , sensitization , nickel , environmental health , immunology , metallurgy , materials science , archaeology , history
Children’s clothes with metal snaps are a potential source of nickel exposure to consider in infants and very young children. Further more avoidance of this exposure may help prevent nickel sensitization.