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Fragrances

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Condensed Handbook of Occupational Dermatology

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Perfumes are so much apart of our culture that we take them for granted, but if they were suddenly taken from us, our culture would suffer immeasurably. We do pay a price for their service, however, and part of that is dermatologic and other medical reactions. This chapter discusses contact allergic reactions to fragrance materials. For a full review of this subject see (1997). An extended version of this chapter was published recently (De Groot 2000).

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  1. A. C. de Groot
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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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de Groot, A.C. (2004). Fragrances. 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_27

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