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  1. Department of Dermatology, Catholic University of Louvain, 30, Clos Chapelle-aux-Champs, UCL 3033, 1200, Brussels, Belgium

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    Ai-Lean Chew

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    Howard I. Maibach

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Lachapelle, J. (2006). Airborne Irritant Dermatitis. In: Chew, AL., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Irritant Dermatitis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31294-3_8

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