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ID (ISN) del documento45126
Número CIS 85-1976
ISSN - Título de la serie 0343-2432 - Dermatosen in Beruf und Umwelt
Año 1983
Número de serie
Autor(es) Van Ketel W.G., Kisch L.S.
Título The problem of sensitizing capacity of some Grotans used as bacteriocides in cooling oils
Información bibliográfica 1983, Vol.31, No.4, p.118-121. 18 ref.
Resumen This study was performed in connection with 4 cases of hand dermatitis in workers machining cast-iron workpieces. The skin disorders had started after some new bactericides (Grotan OX and TK) were added to the coolants. The 4 cases and the results of patch tests are described. Most references from the literature on skin disorders due to biocides in coolants are concerned with formaldehyde releasers like Grotan BK, but there is a remarkable confusion about their sensitising capacity. The continuous contact with wet workpieces and soluble oils used over longer periods is supposed to be an irritant factor, sensitisation by formaldehyde or Grotans being perhaps a secondary phenomenon. From a bacteriological viewpoint, zinc-EDTA seems to be a good non-sensitising biocide.
Descriptores (primarios) alergenos; grotan; transformación de metales; líquidos de corte; desinfectantes; dermatitis
Descriptores (secundarios) formaldehido; estudio de caso; sensibilización; tests cutáneos; alergias cutáneas
Tipo de documento D - Artículos periódicos
Tema(s) Patología profesional
Broad subject area(s)
Navegación por categoria(s) Skin diseases
Heterocyclic compounds
Metalworking industry