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Kanerva’s Occupational Dermatology

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Reroofing is an increasing large percentage of the roofing market. Therefore, roofers are exposed to materials used with today’s technology as well as materials in the past. Commercial roofers have a greater amount of occupational skin disease compared to residential roofers. The most common skin disorder is “tar smarts,” a phototoxic reaction from exposure to pitch. Type III bitumen, found in most coal tar pitch today, has less irritants reducing the incidence of “tar smarts.” Other common cutaneous findings include chemical burns, allergic and irritant contact dermatitis, folliculitis/pitch acne, and precancerous and cancerous lesions.

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  1. Houston, TX, USA

    Hoang N. Ho-Pham

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

    Howard I. Maibach

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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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Ho-Pham, H.N., Maibach, H.I. (2020). Roofers. 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_188

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