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Their Uses and Chemical and Dermatological Aspects

GEORGE E. MORRIS, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm. 1957;76(6):757-761.

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Introduced in 1946, the epoxy resins are finding increasing use in industry.^1,2 Associated with this use has been the occurrence of severe dermatological problems, for the chemicals used in the resins are sensitizers and irritants. Although the technical literature on the epoxy resins is expansive, little has appeared in the medical literature about them. The only reports to the date of this writing in this country have been those by Klauder and Combes,³ who mention them briefly, and by Savitt.⁴ Bourne⁵ has reported in the foreign literature about their skin-irritating properties.

The industrial physician and the dermatologist are running into the name "epoxies" with increasing frequency. There is a distinct need, then, for a description of their current uses and a consideration of their chemical and dermatological aspects along the lines of prior studies which I have undertaken in the cases . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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Footnotes
Submitted for publication May 29, 1957.

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