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Occupational Medicine 1976;26:3-8
© 1976 Society of Occupational Medicine

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The Role of the Dermatologist in Industrial Medicine*

D. S. WILKINSON, Consultant Dermatologist

Wycombe General Hospital High Wycombe

Dermatologists have much to offer in the elucidation of problems of occupational dermatitis. Their general training, particularly in recent years, allows them toevaluate the results of patch tests of suspected allergens and to monitor newly introduced industrial chemicals. They are well placed to weigh the relative roles of industrial, domestic and constitutional factors in the initiation and perpetuation of eczematous dermatitis. In district hospitals, their knowledge of local industry and their close contact with their medical colleagues enables them to establish an accurate diagnosis at an early stage, to recognize and help to investigate the cause of factory outbreaks of dermatitis and to advise workers and management from a ‘neutral’ position.

There are advantages in concentrating such work into a separate unit, where records and information are easily accessible. Communication and liaison between all concerned with this problem is essential but depends, outside large industrial units, on the availablility of time, space and manpower.

D. S. Wilkinson, Consultant Dermatologist, Wycombe General Hospital, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.


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