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Housework and home-help services represent 3–10% of paid work and a large proportion of the unpaid activities of human society. Housework is the most important environmental cause of hand eczema and includes normal household activities, care of children and service at home to elderly, disabled and mentally retarded individuals.
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Fischer T, Högstorp M et al. (1999) (in Swedish). Arbete och Màlsa 1999:4, National Institute for Working Life, Stockholm, Sweden
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Fischer, T. (2000). House Workers. In: Kanerva, L., Wahlberg, J.E., Elsner, P., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Handbook of Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07677-4_144
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