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Asthma due to inhaled chemical agents—persulphate salts and henna in hairdressers
Author(s) -
PEPYS J.,
HUTCHCROFT B. J.,
BRESLIN A. B. X.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
clinical and experimental allergy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.462
H-Index - 154
eISSN - 1365-2222
pISSN - 0954-7894
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1976.tb01922.x
Subject(s) - occupational asthma , bleach , asthma , chemistry , potassium , hydrogen peroxide , medicine , anesthesia , organic chemistry , immunology
Summary Occupational type exposure tests in two female hairdressers with occupational asthma gave, in one, an immediate asthmatic reaction to the mixing of a bleach containing potassium persulphate with hydrogen peroxide and also immediate skin test reactions to sodium and potassium persulphate, and in the other a non‐immediate asthmatic reaction and negative skin tests to the persulphate preparations and also immediate skin and bronchial reactions to an extract of henna.