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LLOYD M. FARNER, M.D.

AMA Arch Derm Syphilol. 1954;69(4):428-434.

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IN THIS paper I should like to direct your attention to the socioeconomic aspects of the person who because of skin trouble is not contributing his full share to society.

Dermatoses account for approximately 65% of all cases of occupational diseases reported throughout the United States. In our experience in the State of Washington, even during the war years, when an unusually high incidence of respiratory irritation was reported as due to welding fumes in shipbuilding, occupational dermatoses held their own. From 1943 through 1948 there were an average of 1,300 occupational disease claims filed per year in this State, of which 55% were industrial dermatoses claims. California in 1949 reported over 12,000 cases of occupational disease, with 55% due to dermatoses.

From the fall of 1945 through the spring of 1949 I had the interesting challenge of studying all occupational disease cases reported in the State of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
SEATTLE

Footnotes
Medical Administrative Consultant, Washington State Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.

Presented at the Fifth Annual Meeting, Pacific Dermatologic Association, Seattle, July 9, 1953.

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