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- Title
Allergic Contact Sensitization in an Adult Danish Population: Two Cross-sectional Surveys Eight Years Apart (The Copenhagen Allergy Study).
- Authors
Nielsen, Niels Henrik; Linneberg, Allan; Menné, Torkil; Madsen, Flemming; Frølund, Lars; Dirksen, Asger; Jørgensen, Torben
- Abstract
In 1990 and 1998 15–41-year-old people were patch-tested in 2 cross-sectional studies of random samples of the population in the western part of Copenhagen County, Denmark. In 1990, 290 subjects and in 1998, 469 subjects were patch-tested. The participation rates were 69% and 51%, respectively. Contact sensitivity to one or more haptens was found in 15.9% and 18.6% in 1990 and 1998, respectively. Nickel sensitivity is still the most common contact sensitivity. Therisk of contact sensitivity to the cosmetic-related haptens included in the series (formaldehyde was not included) increased significantly from 2.4% in 1990 to 5.8% in 1998 (odds ratio 2.44, 95% confidence interval 1.04-5.73). The prevalence of contact sensitivity to cosmetic-related allergens has been doubled between 199O and 1998.
- Subjects
DENMARK; COPENHAGEN (Denmark); ALLERGIES; CONTACT dermatitis
- Publication
Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2001, Vol 81, Issue 1, p31
- ISSN
0001-5555
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/000155501750208155