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Chemical Skin Burns and Hand Eczema

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Chemical skin burns are particularly common in industry, but they occur also in the non-working environment. Generally, the cause of the chemical burn is obvious to the affected person, and the damage is minimal and heals without medical care. However, sometimes the chemical burns are severe, with the risk of complications and long-term disability.

This chapter deals with the clinical manifestations and specific medical treatments of chemical burns.

This chapter is based upon Bruze M, Fregert S, Gruvberger B. Chemical skin burns. In: L. Kanerva L, Elsner P, Wahlberg JE, Maibach HI, eds. Handbook of occupational dermatology. Berlin: Springer; 2000; with permission from Springer Science+Business Media.

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    Magnus Bruze M.D., Ph.D. & Malin Engfeldt M.Sc. (Chem Eng), Ph.D.

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Bruze, M., Engfeldt, M. (2014). Chemical Skin Burns and Hand Eczema. In: Alikhan, A., Lachapelle, JM., Maibach, H. (eds) Textbook of Hand Eczema. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39546-8_9

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