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Handbook of Occupational Dermatology

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Irritant dermatitis caused by cement was described as early as 1700 (Calnan i960). In 1908, the first cases of cement eczema since the introduction of modern Portland cement were seen among workers building the Metro in Paris and were described as “la gâle du ciment” (Martial 1908). In 1950, Jäeger and Pelloni brought to light the importance of the chromium content of cement as the cause of chromium allergy among workers with cement eczema. In 1970, Høvding published an epidemiological study in which 20 (5.5%) from a group of 366 bricklayers and bricklayers’ assistants had cement eczema. Seventeen of these workers with cement eczema (85%) reacted positively to patch tests with Chromate (Høvding 1970).

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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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Avnstorp, C. (2000). Cement. 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_71

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