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The skin risk of highway construction workers today includes not only a wide spectrum of skin irritants and sensitizers but also burns and the natural UV radiation with development of actinic keratoses and skin carcinoma. In contrast, tar keratoses and tar acne have become rare skin problems.
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Rast, H. (2012). Highway Construction Workers. In: Rustemeyer, T., Elsner, P., John, SM., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Kanerva's Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02035-3_162
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