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Document ID (ISN)27085
CIS number 77-758
ISSN - Serial title 0003-3979 - Annales de dermatologie et de syphiligraphie
Year 1976
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Beurey J., Mougeolle J.M., Weber M.
Title Skin disorders due to acrylic resins in the printing industry
Original title Accidents cutanés des résines acryliques dans l'imprimerie. [in French]
Bibliographic information 1976, Vol.103, No.4, p.423-430. Illus. 16 ref.
Abstract Progress in printing technology has permitted lead to be replaced by photopolymer resins, which allow production of printing plates that can be used either in conventional rotary presses or the offset process. Adoption of the method in the printing shop of a large newspaper caused several cases of skin disorder among printing workers, in the form of bullous dermatitis, which are described, within two weeks. Allergological studies involved visiting the workshops, chemical identification of the resin responsible (tetraethylene glycol diacrylate), and experimental reproduction of the lesions. Use of tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate obviated these effects, as a study based on 300 allergy tests proved.
Descriptors (primary) printing industry; skin allergies; photopolymers; polyacrylates
Descriptors (secondary) case study; tetraethylene glycol dimethacrylate; tetraethylene glycol diacrylate; allergy tests; plate making; substitution; dermatitis
Document type -
Subject(s) Toxic and dangerous substances
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Skin diseases
Printing, photography and photocopying industry
Allergies