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The Role of Atopy in Working Life

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Condensed Handbook of Occupational Dermatology

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The definition of atopy includes atopic dermatitis (AD), established by Hanifin and Rajka (1980), with suggested major and minor criteria, including other atopic diseases such as allergic rhinitis (AR), conjunctivitis (AC) or asthma (A). Atopic skin diathesis (ASD) (Lamintausta and Kalimo 1981; Diepgen et al. 1991; Diepgen and Fartasch 1992) includes dry skin, history of low threshold for pruritus in contact with dust or rough materials, pruritus when sweating and white dermographism.

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  1. Section of Dermatology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 aA, 00250, Helsinki, Finland

    Lasse Kanerva M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Friedrich-Schiller University, Erfurter Str. 35, 07743, Jena, Germany

    Peter Elsner

  3. Department of Occupational Dermatology and the National Institute for Working Life, Karolinska Hospital, 11776, Stockholm, Sweden

    Jan E. Wahlberg M.D., Ph.D.

  4. School of Medicine, University of California, Box 0989, Surge 100, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0989, USA

    Howard I. Maibach M.D.

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Kalimo, K., Lammintausta, K. (2004). The Role of Atopy in Working Life. In: Kanerva, L., Elsner, P., Wahlberg, J.E., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Condensed Handbook of Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18556-4_15

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