Title: contact dermatitis
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - contact dermatitis
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.13041
Status: current

Definition
Skin inflammation that occurs when the skin’s surface comes in contact with a substance originating outside the body.

Note
There are two kinds of contact dermatitis, irritant and allergic.

Related Term
- allergic: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12858

Source
- PAC, 2012, 84, 1113. 'IUPAC glossary of terms used in immunotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2012)' on page 1149 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-11-06-03)

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- json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13041/json
- xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/13041/xml

Citation: Citation: 'contact dermatitis' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.13041
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