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Polyester resins are one of the largest classes of synthetic resins and are used extensively in the reinforced plastics industry, in water-based paints, powder coatings, lacquers, automotive cements, and glues. Allergic contact dermatitis from polyester resins is rare. When allergic contact dermatitis does occur, it is more often from ancillary components of the resin system, such as accelerators, catalysts, and inhibitors, than the resins themselves. The small amount of allergic contact dermatitis that does occur from polyester resins is mostly due to unsaturated polyester resins and extremely rarely from saturated polyester resins. Occasionally, allergic contact dermatitis may occur from monomers liberated from the hardened resin or its dust. Irritant contact dermatitis from polyester resin systems occurs more frequently than allergic contact dermatitis. Irritant contact dermatitis and chemical burns may occur from additives such as organic peroxides, styrene, and acetone. Contact urticaria is well known to occur from acid anhydrides.

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    Claire Higgins, Jennifer Cahill & Rosemary Nixon

  2. Control of Hypersensitivity Diseases, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Helsinki, Finland

    Riitta Jolanki

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    Swen Malte John

  2. Department of Dermato-allergology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark

    Jeanne Duus Johansen

  3. Dept. of Dermatology and Allergology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Thomas Rustemeyer

  4. Dept. of Dermatology and Allergology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Thüringen, Germany

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Higgins, C., Cahill, J., Jolanki, R., Nixon, R. (2018). Polyester Resins. In: John, S., Johansen, J., Rustemeyer, T., Elsner, P., Maibach, H. (eds) Kanerva’s Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40221-5_54-2

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