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  • Title: Occupational skin diseases in the San Francisco Bay Area.
    Author: Gellin GA, Wolf CR, Milby TH.
    Journal: Calif Med; 1970 Jul; 113(1):9-12. PubMed ID: 4255687.
    Abstract:
    From answers by one-third of the practicing dermatologists in the San Francisco Bay Area to a questionnaire on occupational skin diseases, contact dermatitis due to irritants and sensitizers was found to rank first. Poison oak, which is the leading reported cause on "Doctor's First Report of Work Injury" received by the California Department of Industrial Relations, was sixth on the list of the survey, trailing solvents, cleansing agents, petroleum products and epoxy resins. A history of atopic dermatitis was often noted in current cases of occupational diseases of the skin. Avoidance of exposure or limiting the contact with pathogenic substances-through engineering changes, observation of working conditions by physicians, education of workers-appeared to be the best preventive measures.
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