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Annals of Occupational Hygiene Advance Access originally published online on August 4, 2005
Annals of Occupational Hygiene 2005 49(6):457-459; doi:10.1093/annhyg/mei032
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© 2005 British Occupational Hygiene Society Published by Oxford University Press

Dermatitis in Hairdressers as a Problem in Chemical Control

MARIE-LOUISE LIND*

National Institute for Working Life, SE-113 91 Stockholm, Sweden and Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm County Council, Stockholm, Sweden

* Tel: +46-8-619-6995; fax: +46-8-619-6896; e-mail: marie-louise.lind@niwl.se

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Much occupational disease in Europe is skin related and is mostly eczemas, usually on the hands (Dickel et al., 2001Go). In Britain, there are ~31 000 cases of skin diseases that are reported by the sufferers to be work-related (HSE, 2005Go). Occupational dermatitis is a well-known problem among hairdressers, as either irritant contact dermatitis or allergic contact dermatitis, or often a combination of both. Hairdressers are exposed to extensive wet work that can cause irritant contact dermatitis, and they have daily skin contact with innumerable cosmetic products containing compounds that are known to cause contact allergy. In Britain, hairdressers and barbers are in the top three occupational groups in terms of prevalence of dermatitis (HSE, 2004Go), and have been selected as a priority area for intervention within HSE's Skin Disease Project, which in turn forms part of the . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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