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Cutting Fluids

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Kanerva's Occupational Dermatology

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Most metal-cutting operations require the use of cutting fluids, and even those operations that can be performed dry can often be carried out more efficiently by the use of cutting fluid. Cutting fluids are often referred to as metalworking fluids but can also be known as lubrication fluids, cooling emulsions or oils, and drilling fluids.

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  1. Institute of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    Dr. Iain S. Foulds

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  1. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Thomas Rustemeyer

  2. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

    Peter Elsner

  3. Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

    Swen-Malte John

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

    Howard I. Maibach

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Foulds, I.S. (2012). Cutting Fluids. In: Rustemeyer, T., Elsner, P., John, SM., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Kanerva's Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02035-3_64

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