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Document ID (ISN)27952
CIS number 77-1551
ISSN - Serial title 0105-1873 - Contact Dermatitis
Year 1977
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Rycroft R.J.G., Calnan C.D.
Title Irritant dermatitis during the relining of a blast furnace.
Bibliographic information Apr. 1977, Vol.3, No.2, p.75-78. 4 ref.
Abstract The conditions of the work, which was begun before the last of the refractory bricks had been removed from the furnace, and was therefore very dusty, and the contractor's men's conditions of hygiene during the 5 months on the job, are described. Results of patch tests in one of the 10 affected men (out of 36 exposed) are given. There is evidence for regarding the condition as an occupatonal primary irritant contact dermatitis.
Descriptors (primary) dermatitis; blast furnaces; furnace repairs; dust
Descriptors (secondary) United Kingdom; skin tests; occupational health survey; primary irritants
Document type -
Subject(s) Dust, aerosols and related diseases
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Confined spaces
Skin diseases