BACKGROUND: @entity16881 ( @entity38910 )/ @entity16880 (MI) and MI are common preservatives in industrial and household products and in cosmetics. Occupational contact @entity566 to @entity38910 /MI or MI has been reported among painters and paint factory workers in particular. OBJECTIVES: To retrospectively describe @entity1 with occupational contact @entity566 to @entity38910 /MI and MI at the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH). METHODS: Patch test files and clinical records of @entity1 examined at the FIOH between January 2002 and February 2013 were reviewed to identify the @entity1 . RESULTS: Seventy-two of 1745 @entity1 showed positive reactions to @entity38910 /MI and/or MI. Of these, 36 were occupational cases, and 31 were diagnosed during the second half of the study period. Hairdressers and beauticians, mechanics and repairmen, and machinists were the most significant occupational groups, followed by painters and paint factory workers, and caf   and restaurant workers. CONCLUSIONS: We observed a sixfold increase in the number of occupational cases in the second half of the study period as compared with the first half. Liquid soaps and industrial hand cleansers were common sources of exposure to @entity38910 /MI or MI. A total of 33% of the @entity1 used products without any mention of @entity38910 /MI or MI in safety data sheets or product declarations.

Occupational contact @entity566 to @entity16881 / XXXX and @entity16880 .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity566 :: ('MESH:D006967', 'Disease') :: ['allergy'] @entity38910 :: ('CHEBI:53621', 'Chemical') :: ['MCI'] @entity16880 :: ('MESH:C011506', 'Chemical') :: ['methylisothiazolinone'] @entity16881 :: ('MESH:C011421', 'Chemical') :: ['Methylchloroisothiazolinone']
@entity16880 :: (MESH:C011506,Chemical) :: ['methylisothiazolinone']
