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Contact dermatitis to phenol‐formaldehyde resin in two plywood factory workers
Author(s) -
Rademaker Marius
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-0960.2002.00602.x
Subject(s) - formaldehyde , medicine , contact dermatitis , phenol formaldehyde resin , allergic contact dermatitis , dermatology , phenol , glue , pulp and paper industry , sawdust , allergy , composite material , materials science , organic chemistry , immunology , chemistry , engineering
SUMMARY Two cases of occupational allergic contact dermatitis in plywood mill workers are presented. Although both patients thought they were allergic to sawdust, they were in fact allergic to a phenol‐formaldehyde resin used to bond the plywood sheets together. Both patients only developed their dermatitis when they came into contact with uncured glue.