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Cobalt content of household cleaning products
Author(s) -
Vilaplana J.,
Grimalt F.,
Romagdera C.,
Mascaro J. M.
Publication year - 1987
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.1600-0536.1987.tb01407.x
Subject(s) - cobalt , atomic absorption spectroscopy , graphite furnace atomic absorption , nickel , spectrophotometry , sensitization , chemistry , nuclear chemistry , medicine , chromatography , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry , detection limit , immunology , physics , quantum mechanics
In our Department, the incidence of sensitization to cobalt has more than doubled in the last 5 years. 28% of cobalt‐sensitive patients showed no other sensitivity. Of isolated cobalt sensitive patients. 68% were housewives. We determined by atomic absorption spectrophotometry with a graphite camera, the cobalt and nickel content of the 30 most popular Spanish domestic detergents and cleaners sold in 1985. 78.6% of them contain considerable amounts of cobalt.