Abstract
An occupational dermatosis is one in which workplace exposure to physical, chemical, or biologic agent is causal or a major and necessary contributory factor in the development of the disease. These dermatoses can be broadly categorized in the eczematous, non-eczematous, dermatoses secondary to physical factors, infections, and work-related malignancies. This chapter summarizes in a nutshell the salient clinical and pathological manifestation, prognosis, treatment, and differential diagnosis of these dermatoses.
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Rathod, S.P., Ranjan Lal, N., Neema, S., Kumar, P. (2020). Occupational Dermatoses. In: Smoller, B., Bagherani, N. (eds) Atlas of Dermatology, Dermatopathology and Venereology . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45134-3_63-1
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