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Allergic contact dermatitis from acrylates in ultraviolet curing inks
Author(s) -
Björkner Bert,
Dahlquist Inger,
Fregert Sigfrid
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.tb04983.x
Subject(s) - tmpta , pentaerythritol , acrylate , curing (chemistry) , ultraviolet , allergic contact dermatitis , materials science , uv curing , monomer , contact dermatitis , contact allergy , dermatology , polymer chemistry , allergy , composite material , medicine , polymer , optoelectronics , fire retardant , immunology
Six patients developed dermatitis while working with ultraviolet curing inks in four different printing plants. Contact allergy was found to the multifunctional acrylate monomers pentaerythritol triacrylate (PETA) and trimethylol propane triacrylate (TMPTA) and to the epoxy acrylate and polyesteracrylate prepolymers.