| Document ID (ISN) | 60254 |
| CIS number |
93-960 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0339-6517 - Documents pour le médecin du travail |
| Year |
1992 |
| Convention or series no. |
DMT TA 55
Fiche d'allergologie-dermatologie prof. No.55
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| Author(s) |
Foussereau J., Cavelier C. |
| Title |
Irritant and allergic contact dermatitis due to constituents of plastics |
| Original title |
Les dermites de contact par irritation et par allergie aux constituants de matières plastiques [in French] |
| Bibliographic information |
2nd Quarter 1992, No.50, p.263-291. Illus. ca.340 ref. |
| Abstract |
This information note deals with skin irritation and allergies due to the constituents of plastics (monomers, oligomers, starting materials hardeners, additives); fully polymerised plastics are not allergenic. Constituents are classified by type and frequency of skin damage: irritants (cyanoacrylates and allylic polyesters); frequently allergenic products (epoxies, acrylates and methacrylates); rarely allergenic products (some aminoplasts and phenoplasts, polyurethanes, unsaturated polyesters, vinyl plastics, cellulosic polyethers, other resins and additives). The impact of these products on the skin is more a function of their chemical properties than of the amounts occurring in a given formulation. The observed broad distribution of dermatoses reflects the diversity of plastics manufactured and the number of subjects involved in their production. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
additives; occupational medicine; cyanoacrylates; polyurethanes; polyesters; acrylates; methacrylates; amino resins; phenol-formaldehyde polymers; isocyanates; plastics; skin diseases; skin allergies; dermatitis; eczema; allergens |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
aetiology; data sheet; list of chemical substances |
| Document type |
F - Information notes, codes of practice, standards |
| Country / State or Province | France |
| Subject(s) |
Occupational pathology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Chemical safety
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| Browse category(ies) |
Cyano compounds
Acrylates
Allergies
Skin diseases
Isocyanates
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