Temporary holiday “tattoos” may cause lifelong allergic contact dermatitis when henna is mixed with PPD

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  title={Temporary holiday “tattoos” may cause lifelong allergic contact dermatitis when henna is mixed with PPD},
  author={Meltem Onder},
  journal={Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology},
  year={2003},
  volume={2},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:38957088}
}
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Sensitization to Para‐Phenylenediamine from a Streetside Temporary Tattoo

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