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The Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Industries

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Handbook of Occupational Dermatology

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Depending on the type of product and exposition, several occupation-induced dermatoses may occur among workers in the pharmaceutical industry. They include irritation, contact allergy, photosensitivity, urticaria, acne venenata, and, less frequently, fixed drug eruption and steroid rosacea (H. Degreef, personal communication), and even toxic epidermal necrolysis (as was the case with the transcutaneous absorption of an intermediary product in the synthesis of tetramisole, an anthelminthic drug; Valsecchi et al. 1987).

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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 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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Goossens, A., Geusens, L. (2000). The Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Industries. 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_163

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