title: Contact urticaria from mustard in fish-stick production.
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; 3 reacted to fish and 3 had irritant contact dermatitis. Working conditions are described for both locations. A greater exposure to irritants may in part explain the 10.7% occupational dermatitis in the fish-stick section compared to only 3.5% in the fillet section.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001937:Brassica; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology*; D009783:Dermatitis, Occupational / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005396:Fish Products / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009149:Mustard Plant / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010946:Plants, Medicinal; D014581:Urticaria / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology*