RubBer Contact Dermatitis in patients attended at Walter Cantídio Hospital, Federal University of Ceará, Brasil

Nowadays 70% of the world's rubber supply is synthesized artificially. The process involved in its manufacture is vulcanization which requires many chemical substances for speeding the process, as antioxidants to prevent deterioration of rubber, or others. These substances may constitute important sensitizers and thus be responsible for dermatological diseases like contact dermatitis. The objective of this study is to search for the main sensitizers among these rubber chemicals in a population mostly composed by women of a tropical country and compare the results with the ones obtained from previous studies which tested populations mainly composed by men and on different climates.

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Main Authors: DIÓGENES,Maria José N., VERAS,Océlia B., MORAIS,Raquel M. de, MEIRELES,Tereza Elizabeth F.
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo 1998
Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46651998000200006
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