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Kanerva’s Occupational Dermatology

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The dermatological health care has to consider country-specific allocations between parts manufacturing and assembly facilities in vehicle production.

The automotive industry of passenger vehicles and trucks includes industries associated with the production, retailing, and maintenance of (motor-) vehicles.

Dermatological concerns and hazards differ between vehicle parts manufacturing, vehicle assembly, and vehicle repair and maintenance.

Personal protective equipment (PPE) should involve appropriate gloves and skin covering. Substance-specific gloves or sleeves should be worn when using body filler and possible skin contact with paints and glues. Appropriate skin protection should also be worn for welding, grinding, and cutting.

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  1. Occupational Medicine and Corporate Health Management, Faculty of Health - School of Medicine, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, NRW, Germany

    Horst Christoph Broding

  2. Department for Clinical and Experimental Occupational Dermatology, Institute for Prevention and Occupational Medicine of the German Social Accident Insurance/Institute of the Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany

    Manigé Fartasch

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

    Swen Malte John

  2. National Allergy Research Centre, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Herlev-Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Hellerup, Denmark

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Broding, H.C., Fartasch, M. (2020). Automotive Industry. In: John, S., Johansen, J., Rustemeyer, T., Elsner, P., Maibach, H. (eds) Kanerva’s Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68617-2_134

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