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- Title
Skin and mucous membrane problems from "no carbon required" paper.
- Authors
Menné, Torkil; Asnaes, Gydde; Hjorth, Niels
- Abstract
The Copenhagen Telephone Company uses 800,000-900,000 sets of no carbon required paper per year. Since 1977 the employees have related itching, dermatitis and symptoms from the mucous membranes to contact with the paper. In 35 employees a total of 4000 epicutaneous tests were performed with negative results. A questionnaire study of 2400 in the company revealed a close relationship between the symptoms and the work intensity with the NCR paper.
- Subjects
MUCOUS membranes; EPITHELIUM; CARBON; TISSUES; BIOLOGICAL interfaces; BIOLOGICAL membranes
- Publication
Contact Dermatitis (01051873), 1981, Vol 7, Issue 2, p72
- ISSN
0105-1873
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1600-0536.1981.tb03981.x