US EPA

1236446 

Journal Article 

Studies on contact dermatitis in housewives 

Feuerman, E 

1972 

0 

Berufs-Dermatosen
ISSN: 0005-9498 

HEEP/73/07260 

20 

6 

267-270 

English 

4647067 

HEEP COPYRIGHT: BIOL ABS. A high number of positive patch tests with potassium dichromate was found in housewives with contact dermatitis. Patch tests with other substances were positive in a much smaller numer of patients. Chemical examination of a large number of detergents widely used in Israel showed that they all contained chromate. In a further study of this problem, a comparative study was made of the effectiveness of an anionic-exchanger for chrome ointment in cases of housewives' eczema. The anionic-exchanger ointment gave very good protection. Another standard silicone-containing ointment had a poor protective effect. These results confirmed those from previous studies and implicated chromates as the main factors causing allergic contact dermatitis in housewives' in Israel.