Gonçalo S, Gonçalo M, Azenha A, Barros MA, Bastos AS, Brandão FM, Faria A, Marques MS, Pecegueiro M, Rodrigues JB. Allergic contact dermatitis in children. A multicenter study of the Portuguese Contact Dermatitis Group (GPEDC).
Contact Dermatitis 1992;
26:112-5. [PMID:
1633701 DOI:
10.1111/j.1600-0536.1992.tb00894.x]
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Abstract
The authors report a study of allergic contact dermatitis in 329 Portuguese children of 14 years or younger. 170 children (64 male and 106 female) reacted to 1 or more allergens. Most of these were in the 11-14 years group. The main allergens were nickel, thimerosal, cobalt, mercury, fragrance-mix and potassium dichromate. Nickel reactivity predominated in females over the whole group, but a greater number of males younger than 5 years reacted to nickel. The number of positive reactions increased with age, but this was not accompained by an increase in the % of relevant tests. 12 children, all of them 13 or 14 years-old, had an occupational allergic contact dermatitis.
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