TY - JOUR
T1 - Contact dermatitis due to cashew nut (Anacardium occidentale) shell oil, pericarp and kernel
AU - Pasricha, J. S.
AU - Sriniwas, C. R.
AU - Krupa Shankar, D. S.
AU - Shenoy, K.
PY - 1988/1/1
Y1 - 1988/1/1
N2 - A 21-year-old worker developed itching, fissuring and exudative lesions on her hands and fingers, 3 years after working as a cutter in the cashew nut factory. The lesions would improve during holidays or after she left her job. Patch tests were positive with the 0.1% cashew nut shell oil in polyethylene glycol and also with the red pericarp covering and the kernel of cashew nuts used as such.
AB - A 21-year-old worker developed itching, fissuring and exudative lesions on her hands and fingers, 3 years after working as a cutter in the cashew nut factory. The lesions would improve during holidays or after she left her job. Patch tests were positive with the 0.1% cashew nut shell oil in polyethylene glycol and also with the red pericarp covering and the kernel of cashew nuts used as such.
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M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0023765462
SN - 0378-6323
VL - 54
SP - 36
EP - 37
JO - Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
JF - Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology
IS - 1
ER -
