Industrial dermatitis
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Industrial dermatitis is skin disease primarily caused by the industrial environment. It is the commonest occupational disease in industrialised countries. Of all industrial injury benefits paid out in this country for occupational diseases prescribed under the 1965 National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act, a little more than 657. are for industrial dermatitis. Occupational skin disease has recently been estimated to cost the United States at least 34 million dollars annually, with the possibility of a true figure 10 times this estimate. The real cost of occupational skin disease, however, is to the quality of the lives of working men and women.
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