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Document ID (ISN)43954
CIS number 85-775
ISSN - Serial title 0465-546X - Medicina y seguridad del trabajo
Year 1984
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Conde-Salazar L., Guimaraens D., Romero L., González M.A., Harto A.
Title Contact allergy to para-tertiary butylphenol-formaldehyde resin (PTBP)
Original title Sensibilidad de contacto a resina para-terciario-butil-feno-formol (Resina PTBP) [in Spanish]
Bibliographic information July-Sep. 1984, Vol.31, No.123, p.27-35. Illus. 26 ref.
Abstract A study of 1,400 patients in an occupational dermatology clinic. Positive patch tests to PTBP were found in 15 cases, of which 3 could be identified as of certain occupational origin (all 3 were shoemakers with exposure to PTBP-containing glue).
Descriptors (primary) allergens; p-tert-butylphenol; shoe industry; skin allergies; adhesives; phenol-formaldehyde polymers
Descriptors (secondary) eczema
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Footwear, leather and fur industry
Allergies
Skin diseases
Alcohols