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Occupational Allergic Contact Dermatitis: New Facets

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Recent literature reports are focusing on occupational contact allergens such as biocides, resins, rubber additives, drugs, and, to a minor extent, botanically derived materials and metals. Immediate-type and delayed-type reactions occur. Particular attention should be given to airborne contact dermatitis, with which respiratory and also other systemic symptoms may occasionally be associated. Some of the most recently published occupational culprits that came to my attention, as well as some cases identified in our department, will be discussed and illustrated here.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Kapucijnenvoer 33, Leuven, 3000, Belgium

    An E. Goossens RPharm, PhD

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Catholic University of Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

    Jean-Marie Lachapelle

  2. Dept. of Occup. a. Environmental Dermatology, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

    Magnus Bruze

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

    Peter U. Elsner

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Goossens, A.E. (2014). Occupational Allergic Contact Dermatitis: New Facets. In: Lachapelle, JM., Bruze, M., Elsner, P. (eds) Patch Testing Tips. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45395-3_7

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