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Industrial Enzymes

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Abstract

A wide range of enzymes is used in many industrial environments.

The primary risk that they present to human health is sensitization of the respiratory tract.

Proteolytic enzymes can give risk to skin irritation.

All enzymes have the potential to cause immunologic contact urticaria, although this is not common.

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  1. DABMEB Consultancy Ltd., Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire, UK

    David A. Basketter

  2. Institute for Prevention an Occupational Medicine of German Social Accident Insurance, Institute of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Monika Raulf

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

    Swen Malte John

  2. National Allergy Research Centre, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Herlev-Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Hellerup, Denmark

    Jeanne Duus Johansen

  3. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Thomas Rustemeyer

  4. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

    Peter Elsner

  5. Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

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Basketter, D.A., Raulf, M. (2020). Industrial Enzymes. In: John, S., Johansen, J., Rustemeyer, T., Elsner, P., Maibach, H. (eds) Kanerva’s Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68617-2_42

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