A Prognostic Study of Occupational Dermatitis Cases in a Chemical Works

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An examination has been made of the medical records of a group of white-skinned men, new starters in a works manufacturing dyestuffs and related chemicals. One thousand, four hundred and fifty-two such men started employment in the works in the five years 1955-59; 745 were employed as chemical process workers, 266 as chemical plant maintenance engineering workers, 335 as non-plant engineering workers, and 106 in various miscellaneous jobs. The process and plant engineering workers have considerable contact with chemicals; the non-plant engineering and miscellaneous workers have little or no chemical contact.

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