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Florists

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Production of cut flowers and ornamental pot plants is a major industry worldwide. In addition to the risk of mechanical trauma and irritant contact dermatitis from wet work, florists and flower sellers are exposed to an increasing range of potentially allergenic plant species and cultivars.

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  1. Department of Dermatology Unit, Royal United Hospital, Bath, UK

    Christopher Roland Lovell

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  1. Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

    Swen Malte John

  2. National Allergy Research Centre, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Herlev-Gentofte University Hospital, Hellerup, Hellerup, Denmark

    Jeanne Duus Johansen

  3. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Thomas Rustemeyer

  4. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

    Peter Elsner

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

    Howard I. Maibach

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Lovell, C.R. (2020). Florists. In: John, S., Johansen, J., Rustemeyer, T., Elsner, P., Maibach, H. (eds) Kanerva’s Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68617-2_152

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