title: Occupational contact dermatitis.
abstract: The two commonest forms of occupational skin disease are irritant and allergic contact dermatitis. Morphology and history are used to establish the diagnosis and the relation of the disorder to work exposure, respectively. Diagnostic patch tests are used to define further the diagnosis and aetiology of the dermatitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA.
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Rietschel
mesh_terms: D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D009783:Dermatitis, Occupational / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans