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Physical Causes: Heat, Cold, and Other Atmospheric Factors

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This chapter is based on the corresponding paper by W. Uter and L. Kanerva in the Handbook of Occupational Dermatology and on Kanerva (1999). It is dedicated to Lasse Kanerva, one of the most profound experts in this field, with whom I was lucky enough to co-operate — and hopefully will be again.

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  1. Section of Dermatology, Finnish Institute of Occupational Health, Topeliuksenkatu 41 aA, 00250, Helsinki, Finland

    Lasse Kanerva M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, Friedrich-Schiller University, Erfurter Str. 35, 07743, Jena, Germany

    Peter Elsner

  3. Department of Occupational Dermatology and the National Institute for Working Life, Karolinska Hospital, 11776, Stockholm, Sweden

    Jan E. Wahlberg M.D., Ph.D.

  4. School of Medicine, University of California, Box 0989, Surge 100, San Francisco, CA, 94143-0989, USA

    Howard I. Maibach M.D.

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Uter, W. (2004). Physical Causes: Heat, Cold, and Other Atmospheric Factors. In: Kanerva, L., Elsner, P., Wahlberg, J.E., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Condensed Handbook of Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18556-4_8

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