Chemical and mechanical trauma to the skin in a rubber fabricating facility.
Frequent hand-washing using organic solvent caused chronic irritation on the hands of workers in a rubber fabricating facility. Mechanical traction applied to the skin of the thumbs and fingers and scrubbing of chemically traumatized skin during washing appeared to contribute to fissuring and nail bed separation.
D006229:Hand Dermatoses / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006801:Humans; D007659:Ketones / Q000009:adverse effects; D009260:Nail Diseases / Q000139:chemically induced; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012408:Rubber; D012997:Solvents; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
D007659:Ketones; D012997:Solvents; D012408:Rubber