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Printers and Lithographers

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Printing is a high-risk industry for occupational dermatitis. Among the many different roles within the printing industry, some are more prone to occupational dermatitis than others, especially contact with acrylates. Wide range of chemicals are used including photosensitive compounds. UV-cured acrylates are one of the main causative agents for occupational allergic contact dermatitis in this industry. High prevalence of irritant contact dermatitis is found among printers and lithographers. Increased risk of malignancy is found among this cohort of workers.

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Circle Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

    Catriona I. Wootton & John S. C. English

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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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Wootton, C.I., English, J.S.C. (2018). Printers and Lithographers. 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_185-2

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