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Dermal Toxicity of Pesticides

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Abstract

In 1980 the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiled 5 million reports of work-related illnesses and injury regarding 75 million people employed. Skin disease, the wast majority of which is attributable to effects of toxic chemicals, accounts for greater than 40% of all reported occupational disease (Table 1). Manufacturing, a sector that employs 26% of working population, accounted for 60% of reported skin diseases. Agriculture, forestry and fishing (1.3% of the total number of workers) accounted for 5% of reported skin diseases.

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    Corrado L. Galli & Marina Marinovich

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Galli, C.L., Marinovich, M. (1987). Dermal Toxicity of Pesticides. In: Costa, L.G., Galli, C.L., Murphy, S.D. (eds) Toxicology of Pesticides. NATO ASI Series, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70898-5_11

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