| Document ID (ISN) | 37206 |
| CIS number |
82-453 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0029-7917 - Occupational Health |
| Year |
1980 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Swarbrick P. |
| Title |
Vitiligo as an occupational disease |
| Bibliographic information |
Sep. 1980, Vol.32, No.9, p.442-448. Illus. 2 ref. |
| Abstract |
Vitiligo, a skin condition involving an absence of melanocytes and manifested by sharply demarcated areas of hypopigmentation, can be caused by occupational contact with alkyl phenols used in the adhesives, tanning, and plastics and rubber industries. Occupational vitiligo is recognised as a prescribed disease in the U.K. when it results from contact with specific phenols. Methods of protection, prevention, screening and treatment are described. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
pigmentation disorders; phenols; skin diseases; leukoderma |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
4-butoxyphenol; rubber industry; p-tert-butylphenol; United Kingdom; hydroquinone monobenzyl ether; hydroquinone; adhesives; tanning; p-tert-amylphenol; legislation; antioxidants; plastic films |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
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| Browse category(ies) |
Alcohols
Skin diseases
Phenols and phenolic compounds
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