Contact allergy to epoxy hardeners

@article{AaltoKorte2014ContactAT,
  title={Contact allergy to epoxy hardeners},
  author={Kristiina Aalto‐Korte and Katri Suuronen and Outi Kuuliala and Maj‐Len Henriks‐Eckerman and Riitta Jolanki},
  journal={Contact Dermatitis},
  year={2014},
  volume={71}
}
Diglycidylether of bisphenol A resin is the most important sensitizer in epoxy systems, but a minority of patients develop concomitant or solitary contact allergy to epoxy hardeners. At the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, several in‐house test substances of epoxy hardeners have been tested in a special epoxy compound patch test series. 
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