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Bacteria and soluble oil dermatitis
Author(s) -
Rycroft R. J. G.
Publication year - 1980
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.1600-0536.1980.tb03873.x
Subject(s) - bacteria , skin flora , flora (microbiology) , contact dermatitis , water soluble , dermatology , chemistry , food science , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , biology , allergy , immunology , organic chemistry , genetics
Simultaneous investigation of the bacterial flora of a soluble oil in use as a metalworking fluid and of the skin of machine operatives exposed to that soluble oil did not support the hypothesis that bacteria in soluble oil emulsions colonise the skin and either initiative or maintain the dermatitis associated with soluble oil exposure.