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Seamen are affected by a wide range of skin diseases which differ slightly in type and frequency from those found in the population ashore. Conditions due to sun exposure, irritant and contact dermatitis of the hands and fungal infections in the groins and feet are common but the more usual chronic diseases such as psoriasis, atopic eczema and severe acne are not seen so often because shipping medical standards may not allow employment of men known to suffer from them.
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Vollum, D.I. (1984). Skin Diseases. In: Goethe, W.H.G., Watson, E.N., Jones, D.T. (eds) Handbook of Nautical Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69415-8_22
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