Common surfactants form contact allergens at normal handling and storage

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 36, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 134-135

  Karlberg, Ann Therese ^a   Bergh, Margareta ^a   Shao, Li Ping ^a   Nilsson, J Lars G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Air oxidation; Contact allergy; Ethoxylated surfactants; Formaldehyde; Hand eczema; Occupational health and safety; Wet work; Work environment

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; SURFACTANT; ALLERGEN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTACT ALLERGY; CONTACT DERMATITIS; HAND ECZEMA; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; MATERIALS HANDLING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OXIDATION; SKIN ALLERGY; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DRUG STORAGE; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ECZEMA; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SAFETY;

ALLERGENS; ANIMALS; DERMATITIS, CONTACT; DERMATITIS, OCCUPATIONAL; DRUG STORAGE; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SAFETY; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS;

EID: 0033191567     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199909)36:1+<134::AID-AJIM47>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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