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Epidemiology of Contact Allergic Dermatitis in Croatia

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The first attempt to carry out an epidemiological study of contact allergic dermatitis (CAD) in Croatia (Yugoslavia) was made during the 5-year period from 1980 to 1984 [14]. The data were obtained from Departments of Allergy in Zagreb and Rijeka, as well as from some other Dermatology Centres in Dubrovnik, Split, Pula, Slavonski Brod and Osijek [14]. In this period, 2280 cases of CAD were verified; of these, 1412 cases (Zagreb and Rijeka) were analysed in detail [14]. The analysis showed that there were twice as many positive reactions to chromium, nickel and formaldehyde as to other allergens. Similar epidemiological studies of CAD have already been performed in many countries [1–7, 11–14]. Efforts were made to obtain the data on the frequency of CAD in Zagreb and Rijeka in the 7-year period 1980–1986. In this period, 2020 cases of CAD were analysed. The results obtained in our studies were compared with findings of the above-mentioned studies.

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  1. Clinic of Dermatology, Medical School, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Šalata, 4, Yugoslavia

    J. Lipozenčić & A. Kansky

  2. Clinic of Dermatology, Medical School, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Yugoslavia

    Z. Periš & A. Wolf

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  1. Hautklinik der Universität Heidelberg, Voßstraße 2, 6900, Heidelberg 1, Germany

    Peter Frosch

  2. Department of Medical Research (Dermatology), Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    A. Dooms-Goossens P.Ph., Ph.D.

  3. Unit and Laboratory of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Catholic University of Louvain, 30, Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs, UCL 3033, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

    J.-M. Lachapelle M. D. (Professor of Dermatology) (Professor of Dermatology)

  4. St. John’s Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, Lisle Street, London, WC2H 7BJ, Great Britain

    R. J. G. Rycroft

  5. Department of Pathology, Free University Hospital, de Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    R. J. Scheper

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Lipozenčić, J., Kansky, A., Periš, Z., Wolf, A. (1989). Epidemiology of Contact Allergic Dermatitis in Croatia. In: Frosch, P., Dooms-Goossens, A., Lachapelle, JM., Rycroft, R.J.G., Scheper, R.J. (eds) Current Topics in Contact Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74299-6_9

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