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Abstract

Due to the diversity and large number of skin-hazardous chemicals to which chemists may be exposed, it is impossible to provide a comprehensive list.

Occupational dermatosis is often the consequence of accidental exposure, such as a spillage of a chemical on the skin.

Distillation or other purification procedures carry an increased risk of skin exposure.

Often the sensitizers are not the final compounds, but intermediates.

Occupational contact allergy is diagnosed particularly often among chemistry students and those conducting their postgraduate studies in chemistry.

Allergic contact dermatitis among chemistry researchers is often the first clue that a new chemical is a potential contact sensitizer.

See chapter “Laboratory Technicians,” for the prevention of occupational skin diseases.

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  1. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Andrew Ezersky

  2. Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

  3. Control of Hypersensitivity Diseases, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health (FIOH), Helsinki, Finland

    Riitta Jolanki

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany

    Swen Malte John

  2. Department of Dermato-allergology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark

    Jeanne Duus Johansen

  3. Dept. of Dermatology and Allergology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Thomas Rustemeyer

  4. Dept. of Dermatology and Allergology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Thüringen, Germany

    Peter Elsner

  5. Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

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Ezersky, A., Maibach, H.I., Jolanki, R. (2018). Chemists. In: John, S., Johansen, J., Rustemeyer, T., Elsner, P., Maibach, H. (eds) Kanerva’s Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40221-5_138-2

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