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Does occupational exposure to glass‐fibres increase the general skin reactivity to irritants?
Author(s) -
Björnberg Alf,
Löwhagen GunBritt,
Tengberg JanEgon
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.tb04833.x
Subject(s) - contact dermatitis , glass wool , dermatology , occupational exposure , histamine , patch testing , irritation , pig skin , skin reaction , wool , medicine , allergy , chemistry , composite material , materials science , immunology , biomedical engineering , layer (electronics) , medical emergency
A total of 33 workers at a glass‐wool factory were tested (patch tests with glass‐fibres and chemical irritants, epicutaneous tests with Trafuril® and intracutaneous tests with histamine) before starting to work at the factory and then re‐tested after at least 4 of exposure to glass‐fibres No statistically significant differences in the intensity of the skin reactions before and after exposure were found. Thus no general increased irritancy of the normal skin was induced by the continuous exposure to glass‐fibres.