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Variable incidence of nickel dermatitis
Author(s) -
Lunder Makko
Publication year - 1988
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/j.1600-0536.1988.tb02835.x
Subject(s) - incidence (geometry) , nickel , hand dermatitis , medicine , dermatology , contact dermatitis , toxicology , surgery , immunology , biology , allergy , metallurgy , mathematics , materials science , geometry
The incidence of nickel sensitivity in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia, was stable in the periods 1972–1976 (6.7%) and. 1977–1981 (6.3%). An increase became apparent when the incidence rose to 8.0% in 1982. and 9.1% in 1982–1986, The sex ratio in 1972 1976 was 2:1 with a female predominance, doubling to 4:1 in 1977–1981 and doubling again to 9:1 m 1982–1986. The highest incidence was in the age groups of 11–20 and 21–30 years. Nickel remains a rare cause of occupational dermatitis‐Cheap metal jewellery is the likely source of the increased incidence