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HERO ID

1317526

Reference Type

Journal Article

Title

Irritant and allergic contact dermatitis due to constituents of plastics

Author(s)

Foussereau, J; Cavelier, C

Year

1992

Report Number

CIS/93/00960

Volume

Issue

Page Numbers

263-291

Language

French

Abstract

This information note deals with skin irritation and allergies due to the constituents of plastics (monomers, oligomers, starting materials hardeners, additives); fully polymerised plastics are not allergenic. Constituents are classified by type and frequency of skin damage: irritants (cyanoacrylates and allylic polyesters); frequently allergenic products (epoxies, acrylates and methacrylates); rarely allergenic products (some aminoplasts and phenoplasts, polyurethanes, unsaturated polyesters, vinyl plastics, cellulosic polyethers, other resins and additives). The impact of these products on the skin is more a function of their chemical properties than of the amounts occurring in a given formulation. The observed broad distribution of dermatoses reflects the diversity of plastics manufactured and the number of subjects involved in their production.

Keywords

DERMATITIS; SKIN ALLERGIES; ECZEMA; SKIN DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; ALLERGENS; PLASTICS; CYANOACRYLATES; POLYESTERS; AMINO RESINS; PHENOL-FORMALDEHYDE POLYMERS; POLYURETHANES; ADDITIVES; ACRYLATES; METHACRYLATES; CYANOACRYLATES; ISOCYANATES; DATA SHEET; AETIOLOGY; LIST OF CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES; ILO

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