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Lauryl ether sulphate dermatitis in Denmark
Author(s) -
Sylvest Bent,
Hjorth Niels,
Magnusson Bertil
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0536.1975.tb05473.x
Subject(s) - outbreak , ether , contact dermatitis , dermatology , chemistry , medicine , organic chemistry , allergy , immunology , virology
Lauryl ether sulphate (LES), a synthetic detergent, may sometimes, contain an allergenic impurity, which has given rise to several outbreaks of contact dermatitis. Such an outbreak occurred in Denmark in 1971. All cases diagnosed were confined to one household, while other cases may have passed unnoticed.