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Chemical skin burns are common in industry but can also occur in non-work-related environments.

Chemical burns from household products may not be noticeable, but oftentimes the cause of a burn is obvious and medical treatment is not sought.

Usually chemical burn damage is minimal, but some chemical burns have risk of complications and long-term disabilities.

The severity of a burn can be diminished if treated properly and promptly.

It is important for physicians to understand corrosive chemicals as well as chemical burns in regard to their clinical manifestations, mechanism, medical treatment, and preventive measures.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of California Medical School, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Audris Chiang & Magnus Bruze

  2. Department of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Skåne University Hospital Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

    Magnus Bruze, Sigfrid Fregert & Birgitta Gruvberger

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  1. Department of Dermatology, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen, Germany

    Swen Malte John

  2. Department of Dermato-allergology, Gentofte Hospital, Hellerup, Denmark

    Jeanne Duus Johansen

  3. Dept. of Dermatology and Allergology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Thomas Rustemeyer

  4. Dept. of Dermatology and Allergology, Friedrich Schiller University, Jena, Thüringen, Germany

    Peter Elsner

  5. Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

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Chiang, A., Bruze, M., Fregert, S., Gruvberger, B. (2018). Chemical Skin Burns. In: John, S., Johansen, J., Rustemeyer, T., Elsner, P., Maibach, H. (eds) Kanerva’s Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-40221-5_13-2

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