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Document ID (ISN)48978
CIS number 88-195
Year 1986
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Packham C.L.
Title Industrial skin care
Bibliographic information Reinol-Spartan (UK) Ltd, Willersey Industrial Estate, Broadway, Worcestershire WR12 7PR, United Kingdom, 1986. 51p. Illus. 5 ref. Price: GBP 1.00.
Abstract Coverage of this guide to proper skin care in industry: the skin and its functions; dermatitis and its prevention; a global approach for the development of a programme for industrial skin care; setting up such a programme; provision of washing facilities; contrasting the traditional approach (barrier creams, gel cleansers, after-work creams) with an alternative based on the heavy use of soaps, pumice powder and continuous application of refatting agents. The appendices contain check lists for skin care hazards and dermatitis and a sample skin care test report.
Descriptors (primary) eczema; skin cleansers; skin protection; skin
Descriptors (secondary) health programmes; skin creams; soaps; check lists; washing facilities; description of technique; barrier creams; physiology of skin
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Skin protection
Skin diseases