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Battery Makers

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Batteries are of many different types, but they all produce an electric current via a circuit using a positive electrode, a negative electrode and an electrolyte acting as an ionic conductor. If the electrolyte is liquid, the battery is called “wet” and if it is a powder or paste, it is called “dry.” Some batteries are rechargeable.

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  1. Royal Bolton Hospital, Bolton, UK

    M. H. Beck

  2. Contact Dermatitis Investigation Unit, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, Hope Hospital, Salford, Lancashire, Manchester, UK

    J. D. L. Williams

  3. Lancashire, Manchester, UK

    M. H. Beck

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany

    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, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Thüringen, Germany

    Peter Elsner

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

    Howard I. Maibach

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Beck, M.H., Williams, J.D.L. (2018). Battery Makers. 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_125-2

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