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Cyanoacrylate dermatitis
Author(s) -
Calnan C. D.
Publication year - 1979
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.1600-0536.1979.tb04830.x
Subject(s) - cyanoacrylate , contact dermatitis , irritant contact dermatitis , glue , dermatology , relative humidity , outbreak , medicine , chemistry , allergy , materials science , composite material , immunology , organic chemistry , virology , adhesive , physics , layer (electronics) , thermodynamics
An outbreak of irritant dermatitis from a cyanoacrylate glue among a group of electronic assembly workers is described. It was caused by vaporization of monomer under conditions of low relative humidity. No further outbreak occurred when the humidity of the working environment was raised above 55 %.