Contact urticaria from mustard in fish‐stick production

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Abstract
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.

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