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Frequency of sensitisation to the preservative Kathon CG
E Cronin1, M Hannuksela, J M Lachapelle
1St John's Hospital for Diseases of the Skin, London, UK.
Contact Dermatitis
|May 1, 1988
Abstract:
The incidences of sensitisation to Kathon CG are reported for patients routinely tested from 1984 to 1986 in Bari, London, Louvain, Nijmegen, Oulu and San Francisco. For these 3 years, the overall frequency of sensitisation varied for women from 3.3% in Oulu to 0.6% in London and San Francisco and for men from 1.4% in Oulu to 0% in San Francisco. Women were predominantly sensitised, probably by cosmetics, toiletries and domestic cleaners. Occupational sensitisation was much less frequent.