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The Practical Approach

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Allergic Contact Dermatitis

Abstract

In this chapter, we illustrate how an understanding of chemistry can help solve practical allergy problems:

  • Chemical analysis can identify the actual allergen, which need not be the primary chemical constituent of a product, but may be a contaminant arising in the synthesis or production of the product or one formed during its storage and handling.

  • The physicochemical parameters affect the bioavailability and hence the allergenic properties of a given molecule.

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  1. Clinique Dermatologique, Laboratoire de Dermatochimie associé au CNRS, Université Louis Pasteur, 1, Place de l’Hôpital, F-67091, Strasbourg Cedex, France

    Jean-Pierre Lepoittevin D.Sc.

  2. Unilever Environmental Safety Laboratory, Colworth House, MK44 1LQ, Sharbrook, Bedford, UK

    David A. Basketter

  3. Department of Dermatology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University Hospital, B-3000, Leuven, Belgium

    An Goossens Ph.D.

  4. Department of Occupational Dermatology, National Institute for Working Life, S-171 84, Solna, Sweden

    Ann-Therése Karlberg Ph.D.

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Goossens, A., Karlberg, AT., Basketter, D., Lepoittevin, JP. (1998). The Practical Approach. In: Lepoittevin, JP., Basketter, D.A., Goossens, A., Karlberg, AT. (eds) Allergic Contact Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-80331-4_9

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