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  1. Dermatology Department, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 3EX, UK

    S. Mark Wilkinson

  2. Occupational and Environmental Dermatology Unit, University Medical Center Groningen, Hanzeplein 1, Groningen, RB, 9700, The Netherlands

    Pieter-Jan Coenraads

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  1. Universitätsklinikum Köln Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Kerpener Str. 62, Köln, 50924, Germany

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  2. Dept. Dermatology, Columbia University Medical Center, 12th Floor, Herbert Irving Pavilion 161 Fort Washington Ave, New York, NY, 10032, USA

    David R. Bickers

  3. Dept. Dermatology & Cutaneous Sciences, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara-cho Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan

    Yoshiki Miyachi

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Wilkinson, S.M., Coenraads, PJ. (2010). Occupational Dermatoses. In: Krieg, T., Bickers, D.R., Miyachi, Y. (eds) Therapy of Skin Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-78814-0_61

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