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A 21-Year Perspective on Occupational Skin and Respiratory Diseases Among Food Handlers. [PDF]

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Granzotto J   +4 more
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Irritant contact dermatitis [PDF]

open access: possibleReviews on Environmental Health, 2014
Abstract Irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) is the most common form of contact dermatitis. It represents the cutaneous response to the toxic/physical effects of a wide variety of environmental agents. Nowadays, it is recognized that irritancy does not represent a single monomorphous entity but rather a complex biologic syndrome with ...
Iris S. Ale, Howard I. Maibach
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Irritant Contact Dermatitis

Clinical Reviews in Allergy & Immunology, 2018
Contact dermatitis accounts for 95% of occupational skin disorders. Irritant contact dermatitis (ICD) is often caused by cumulative exposure to weak irritants, accounting for 80% of all cases of contact dermatitis. ICD can co-exist with atopic dermatitis (AD) and allergic contact dermatitis (ACD).
Sonia N. Bains   +2 more
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Irritant Contact Dermatitis

2021
Irritant contact dermatitis is a non immunological local inflammatory skin reaction to external agents. The related skin damage can be the result of acute toxic aggression, generally linked to a single strong etiological agent, or of repeated cumulative aggression by several weaker irritants.
Caterina Foti   +3 more
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Cytokines and irritant contact dermatitis

Toxicology Letters, 1998
Skin irritation is a complex phenomenon that involves resident epidermal cells, fibroblasts of dermis, and endothelial cells as well as invading leukocytes interacting with each other under the control of a network of cytokines and lipid mediators. Keratinocytes play an important role in the initiation and perpetuation of skin inflammatory reactions ...
E. Corsini, C.L. Galli
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Contact Irritant Dermatitis in Kenya

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 2012
Kenya is one of the British Army’s main training areas outside of the UK and the flora and fauna present the physicians with several challenges. A 22 year old infantry soldier presented with a vesicular, linear painful rash across his chest caused by the chemical excreted from the Staphylinid or rove beetle, known locally as the Nairobi fly.
Toby Nelson, S Raitt
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