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Oil of turpentine — a disappearing allergen
Author(s) -
Cronin Etain
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.tb04884.x
Subject(s) - turpentine , patch test , allergen , contact dermatitis , cosmetics , balsam , allergy , medicine , dermatology , botany , immunology , biology , pathology
Oil of turpentine has become an infrequent allergen because of its replacement by the petroleum product white spirit, its deliberate exclusion from industrial products, and because the balsam oils used nowadays do not contain the sensitiser Δ 3 ‐carene. On the basis of the generally low incidence of sensitisation being currently recorded, the International Contact Dermatitis Group recommend that oil of turpentine be removed from standard patch test series.