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Airborne Contact Dermatitis

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Occupational airborne irritant (frictional and/or chemical) contact dermatitis is due to fibers, dust particles, vapors, and/or gasses.

Occupational airborne allergic contact dermatitis is a common problem, provoked by a large variety of allergens.

Occupational airborne phototoxic and/or photoallergic contact dermatitis is a rare but well-documented event.

Occupational airborne immunological contact urticaria can be caused by several chemicals and/or proteins. Allergy to latex proteins was the main problem, but it is declining at the present time.

There is a vast range of procedures available to reach a proper etiological diagnosis of airborne contact dermatitis.

Prevention and treatment of airborne contact dermatitis deserve special attention and must be adapted to each individual situation.

“Extrinsic” atopic dermatitis (face and neck dermatitis) is related to the penetration into the skin of aeroallergens, particularly dust mite.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Marie Lachapelle

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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

    Jeanne Duus Johansen

  3. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Thomas Rustemeyer

  4. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

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

    Howard I. Maibach

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Lachapelle, JM. (2020). Airborne Contact Dermatitis. 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_17

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