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Chromium

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Chromium is so called because of the brightness of many of its salts, hence the use of the Greek word for colour. Chromium can occur in every one of the oxidation states from −2 to +6, but the ground states 0, +2, +3, and +6 are common (Love 1983). Chromium metal itself does not act as an allergen and must do so in combination with a protein. Only the trivalent and hexavalent salts are able to act as haptens; that is, they form potentially antigenic bonds with proteins. The metal is highly resistant to corrosion in the atmosphere and many aqueous solutions and is an unlikely cause of contact allergy.

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  1. Section of Dermatology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 aA, 00250, Helsinki, Finland

    Lasse Kanerva M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Friedrich-Schiller University, Erfurter Str. 35, 07743, Jena, Germany

    Peter Elsner

  3. Department of Occupational Dermatology and the National Institute for Working Life, Karolinska Hospital, 11776, Stockholm, Sweden

    Jan E. Wahlberg M.D., Ph.D.

  4. School of Medicine, University of California, Box 0989, Surge 100, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0989, USA

    Howard I. Maibach M.D.

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Burrows, D. (2004). Chromium. In: Kanerva, L., Elsner, P., Wahlberg, J.E., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Condensed Handbook of Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18556-4_30

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