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Forestry Workers

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Handbook of Occupational Dermatology

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The forests of the world present environments ranging from unmanaged natural forest, through managed natural woodland, to monocultures of trees planted with the specific intention of harvesting in due course the timber so produced. These environments are to be found from tropical, through temperate to sub-arctic regions (in Eurasia). The harvesting of timber is but one of many activities associated with forestry — the term forestry encompasses all aspects of planting, tending and managing forests for commercial and leisure use.

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Editors and Affiliations

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

    Lasse Kanerva M.D., Ph.D.

  2. Department of Occupational Dermatology, Karolinska Hospital, 117 76, Stockholm, Sweden

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

  3. National Institute for Working Life, 117 76, Stockholm, Sweden

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

  4. Klinik für Hautkrankheiten, Klinikum der FSU Jena, Erfurter Straße 35, 07740, Jena, Germany

    P. Elsner

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

    Howard I. Maibach M.D.

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Schmidt, R.J. (2000). Forestry Workers. In: Kanerva, L., Wahlberg, J.E., Elsner, P., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Handbook of Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07677-4_133

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