...Christian Mostosi; Thierry Simonart Introduction: Skin tissue is frequently exposed to various irritant substances in the workplace, particularly in wet work, which can lead to the development of occupational contact dermatitis. ‘Barrier' creams (BCs) are well known, and their applications...

...E. Bloom; M. Sznitowska; J. Polansky; Z.D. Ma; H.I. Maibach Most quantitative in vitro approaches to determine irritancy have examined the potential of compounds to decrease biological functions or inhibit growth of cells. Irritants, however, are known to generally have the opposite effect in vivo...