Occuptational Dermatology
Peck, S.
Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey 61: 483-491
1964
ISSN/ISBN: 0025-7524 PMID: 14228602 Document Number: 9473
Occupational Dermatology might cover dermatoses caused by internal (inhalation and absorption) as well as external industrial exposures. For all practical purposes, however, the dermatologic manifestations of occupational origin are of external origin, at least initially. Thus the subject, for the most part, covers contact dermatitis. This is definable as the inflammatory changes produced in the skin and its appendages by externally encountered irritants. Practically all contact dermatitis is due to chemical agents, and these may be either primary irritants or sensitizers. While the allergic contact dermatitis is perhaps more of a problem in industry, the majority of cases are due to primary irritants rather than to sensitizers. For the sake of brevity, I will limit my presentation to that type of contact dermatitis which is not due to physical agents-such as trauma, heat, cold, and radiant energy.
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