OCCUPATIONAL CONTACT DERMATITIS AMONG AIRCRAFT WORKERS

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The terms "dural poisoning," "aluminum poisoning" and "metal poisoning" are used ill advisedly not only by aircraft workers and their families but also by the overwhelming majority of physicians who care for these occupational groups. The assumption that the majority of dermatoses among aircraft workers is due to aluminum or dural has led to many unwise and unwarranted transfers from one department of an aircraft plant to another as well as numerous unnecessary complete changes of occupation. It is my purpose in this report to clarify the approach to the subject of contact dermatitis among aircraft workers, with special reference to the identification of the contact substances most commonly at fault. There seems to be a dearth of practical information regarding this problem in medical literature in the English language, and there is a total lack of statistical treatment of the subject. Oil folliculitis, or chloracne, is the only industrial

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