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- Title
Occupational allergic contact dermatitis due to diethylenetriamine (DETA) from carbonless copy paper and from an epoxy compound.
- Authors
Kanerva, Lasse; Estlander, Tuula; Jolanki, Ritta
- Abstract
The article reports two cases of allergic contact dermatitis due to diethylenetriamine. After one month of the installation of a new machine to be used in the manufacturing of microcapsulecoated carbonless copy paper (CCP), in a paper factory, a man developed hand dermatitis. Patch testing showed two positive allergic test reaction with 2 of 19 of the CCP tested. The testing was then performed with the ingredients used for CCP production. Capsule dispersion substance and microcapsule paste gave a 2 positive allergic reaction.
- Subjects
OCCUPATIONAL disease diagnosis; CONTACT dermatitis; PAPER industry workers; EPOXY compounds; COPYING machines; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY techniques
- Publication
Contact Dermatitis (01051873), 1990, Vol 23, Issue 4, p272
- ISSN
0105-1873
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0536.1990.tb05094.x