Airborne occupational allergic contact dermatitis due to trimethylolpropane triacrylate (TMPTA) used in the manufacture of printed circuit boards

Contact Dermatitis

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 292-294

  Kanerva, Lasse ^a   Tarvainen, Kyllikki ^a   Jolanki, Riitta ^a   Henriks Eckerman, Maj Len ^a   Estlander, Tuula ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Airborne; Conjunctivitis; Lid dermatitis; Occupational allergic contact dermatitis; Printed circuit boards; Printing industry; Resorcinol monobenzoate; Trimethylolpropane triacrylate

Indexed keywords

ACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHYLOLPROPANE TRIACRYLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; PATCH TEST; PRINTING; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; SKIN ALLERGY;

ACRYLATES; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; DERMATITIS, ALLERGIC CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031779717     PISSN: 01051873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1998.tb05755.x     Document Type: Article

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