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Occupational allergic airbone contact dermatitis and delayed bronchial asthma from epoxy resin revealed by bronchial provocation test Volume 10, numéro 6, September 2000

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Section of Occupational Dermatology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 aA, FIN-00250 Helsinki, Finland.
  • Page(s) : 475-7
  • Année de parution : 2000

Epoxy resins (ER) belong to the list of common causes of occupational allergic contact dermatitis [1, 2]. Only a few cases of immediate type allergy to ER compounds have been reported [3] although both diglycidyl ether of bisphenol A (DGEBA) (Fig. 1) ER [4, 5] and organic acid anhydride epoxy hardeners [6] are potential causes of contact urticaria and bronchial asthma. In a recent occupational asthma textbook DGEBA was not mentioned among [...]