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LITHOGRAPHER'S DERMATITIS

1959 
In a study of the cause and prevention of dermatitis occurring among lithographers, 100 men representing all job categories within the industry were examined, and 76 men with active eruptions at the time or in the past were compared with 24 men free from dermatitis. The data indicated that the most important chemical substances concerned were compounds of chromium but that defatting of the skin (by soaps and lipid solvents), trauma, and contact with acids and alkalies render the skin more susceptible to the action of primary irritants and allergenic agents. The use of mechanical protection of the hands interferes with delicate manipulations, and protective ointments interfere with the surface phenomena on which lithographing depends. Fundamental changes in procedure may be necessary in order to reduce the incidence of disability in this industry.
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