Follow-up of the monitored levels of preservative sensitivity in Europe. Overview of the years 2001-2008

Cecilia Svedman1, Klaus E. Andersen2, F. M. Brandao3, Derk P. Bruynzeel4, Thomas L. Diepgen5, Peter J. Frosch6, Thomas Rustemeyer4, Ana Gimenez-Arnau7, Margarida Goncalo8, An Goossens9, Jeanne Duus Johansen10, Arto Lahti11, Torkil Menne10, Stefania Seidenari12, Antonella Tosti13, Jan E. Wahlberg14, Ian R. White15, John D. Wilkinson15, Martin Mowitz1 and Magnus Bruze1 1Department of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, SUS, University of Lund, Malmo 205 02, Sweden, 2Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Odense University Hospital, Odense 5000, Denmark, 3Department of Dermatology, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada 2805-267, Portugal, 4Department of Dermatology, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam NL-1081 HV, The Netherlands, 5Department of Social Medicine, Centre of Dermato-Epidemiology, Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg 69115, Germany, 6Department of Dermatology, University of Witten/Herdecke, Dortmund 44137, Germany, 7Department of Dermatology, Hospital del Mar, Universitat Automa de Barcelona, Barcelona 08003, Spain, 8Faculty of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, University Hospital, Coimbra P3000-175, Portugal, 9Contact Allergy Unit, Department of Dermatology, U.Z.K.U., Leuven 3000, Belgium, 10Department of Dermato-Allergology, National Research Centre, Gentofte Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Hellerup 2900, Denmark, 11Department of Dermatology, University of Oulu, Oulu FI-90014, Finland, 12Department of Dermatology, University of Modena, Modena 41100, Italy, 13Department of Dermatology, University of Bologna, Bologna I-40138, Italy, 14Norrbacka, Stockholm 171 76, Sweden, and 15Department of Cutaneous Allergy, St John’s Institute of Dermatology, London SEI 7EH, UK