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Floor Layers

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Abstract

Epoxy resin is the main allergen in floor layers workers.

Airborne contact dermatitis is the classical clinical picture, affecting the face, neck, and dorsal hands.

Patch testing with an epoxy resin series is highly recommended, including diluents and hardeners of the resin.

The affected workers must avoid direct and indirect contact with the resin not polymerized, so a change of workplace is normally mandatory.

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  1. Servicio de Dermatología Laboral, Escuela Nacional de Medicina del Trabajo, Madrid, Spain

    Luis Conde-Salazar & Felipe Heras

  2. Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain

    Agustin Alomar

  3. Servicio de Dermatología, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain

    Felipe Heras

  4. Dermatología, Hospital University Quirón Dexeus, Barcelona, Spain

    Agustin Alomar

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  1. Luis Conde-Salazar
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Correspondence to Felipe Heras .

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany

    Swen Malte John

  2. Department of Dermato-allergology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark

    Jeanne Duus Johansen

  3. Dept. of Dermatology and Allergology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Thomas Rustemeyer

  4. Dept. of Dermatology and Allergology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Thüringen, Germany

    Peter Elsner

  5. Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

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Conde-Salazar, L., Heras, F., Alomar, A. (2018). Floor Layers. In: John, S., Johansen, J., Rustemeyer, T., Elsner, P., Maibach, H. (eds) Kanerva’s Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40221-5_151-2

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