The role of atopy in occupational skin diseases

Shmunes, E.

Occupational Medicine 1(2): 219-228

1986


ISSN/ISBN: 0885-114X
PMID: 2956706
Document Number: 283009
Atopic individuals are predisposed to work-related hand eczema, predominantly on the basis of a lowered threshold for irritation. They comprise an inordinately large percentage of the more difficult and costly cases. It appears that a history of previous atopic dermatitis, rather than previous respiratory allergies, is a better prognosticator of future work-related dermatitis.

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