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Irritant Dermatitis

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  1. Ebviron Dermatology and Allergology, Daiichy Clinic, Sukae Daiichi Seimei, Bld. 3F, 2-13 Shinsakae, Naka-ku, Nagoya, 460-0004, Japan

    Ritsuko Hayakawa

  2. Department of Environmental Dermatology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466-8550, Japan

    Yoshimi Kato, Mariko Sugiura, Keiji Sugiura & Rika Hashimoto

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    Ai-Lean Chew

  2. School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, University of California, Medical Center Way 90, 94143-0989, San Francisco, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

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Hayakawa, R., Kato, Y., Sugiura, M., Sugiura, K., Hashimoto, R. (2006). Friction Melanosis. In: Chew, AL., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Irritant Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31294-3_4

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