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Ceramic and Pottery Workers

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Abstract

Over the past three decades, there has been a decline of the pottery industry in Western Europe.

Irritant contact dermatitis is common among lithographers and clay handlers.

Allergic contact dermatitis from common allergens such as potassium dichromate, cobalt, and nickel can occur.

Localized epidemics of allergic contact dermatitis from less common allergens such as epoxy resins and oil of turpentine can occur.

Immediate allergic contact urticarial reactions are very rare in the pottery industry.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Nottingham Circle Teatment Centre, Nottingham University Hospital, Nottingham, UK

    H. Smith & John S. C. English

  2. Occupational Physician, Hobson Health, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

    J. Hobson

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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, California, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

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Smith, H., English, J.S.C., Hobson, J. (2018). Ceramic and Pottery Workers. 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_136-2

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