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Table 4–1 (Continued). Published case reports, case series, and health hazard evaluations involving exposure to CCP or CCP components

Authors	Country	Number of cases	Symptoms[1]
Roure et al. 1982 (continued)		4	Spasmodic cough and asthmatic breathing
Certin and Zissu 1983	France	46[2]	Skin, eye, and respiratory irritation; headache; arthralgia
Jeansson et al. 1983, 1984	Sweden	148	Irritation of the eyes, nose, throat, arms, face, and scalp; cold symptoms; hoarseness; sores behind the ears or in the nose; itching, dryness, redness, or eczema of the hands; unpleasant odor or taste; fatigue; headache; nausea; joint pains; a feeling of paralysis
Norbäck et al. 1983a,b	Sweden	80	Respiratory tract and eye irritation
Marks et al. 1984; Trautlein et al. 1984	United States	1	Pruritus, eye and throat irritation, hoarseness irregular heartbeat, headache, nausea, tightness of chest, shortness of breath, and fatigue; challenge test with CCP indicated contact urticaria, changes in pulmunary function indicative of upper airway obstruction, and increased prostaglandin PGF2 alpha and thromboxane BE
		8	Throat irritation
		5	Skin itching
		4	Headache
		3	Hoarseness
		3	Difficult breathing
		3	Chest tightness
		2	Rash
		2	Burning eyes
		2	Chest pain
		1	Nausea

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See footnotes at end of table.

1. Symptoms were observed in one or more subjects. Exact numbers are supplied in parentheses if they were reported.
2. Requests for CCP analysis—not cases.