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Contact urticaria from mustard in fish‐stick production
Author(s) -
Kavli G.,
Moseng D.
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.tb02696.x
Subject(s) - contact dermatitis , irritant contact dermatitis , hand dermatitis , contact urticaria , fillet (mechanics) , medicine , fish <actinopterygii> , allergic contact dermatitis , occupational exposure , dermatology , patch testing , occupational dermatitis , allergy , toxicology , biology , environmental health , fishery , immunology , materials science , composite material
At a major fish factory in northern Norway, workers employed in fish‐stick and fillet production participated in a survey on skin diseases. 122 (80.1%) of the workers in the fish‐stick section responded, but only 60.7% of the fillet workers. Clinical examination and patch testing revealed 16 cases of occupational dermatitis among workers in fish stick production, 3 of whom had contact urticaria from mustard and 8 from fish. There were only found 6 cases of occupational dermatitis among fillet workers; J reacted to fish and 3 had irritant contact dermatitis. Working conditions are described for both locations. A greater exposure (o irritants may in part explain the 10.7% occupational dermatitis in the fish‐stick section compared lo only 3.5% in the fillet section.