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Pigment Disorders

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Kanerva's Occupational Dermatology

Abstract

Darker skin types are more prone to exogenous pigmentary changes

The most common exogenous hyperpigmentation is post-inflammatory

Occupational pigmentary changes predominantly consist of chemically induced hypo-/depigmentations

Occupational leukoderma/vitiligo is rare in western countries but quite common in developing countries

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  1. Netherlands Institute for Pigment Disorders and Department of Dermatology, Academic Medical Centre University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 35, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Dr. J. P. Wietze van der Veen M.D., Ph.D. & Maryam Yazdani M.D.

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  1. Dr. J. P. Wietze van der Veen M.D., Ph.D.
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Correspondence to J. P. Wietze van der Veen M.D., Ph.D. .

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Dermatology and Allergology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Thomas Rustemeyer

  2. Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Jena, Jena, Germany

    Peter Elsner

  3. Department of Dermatology, Environmental Medicine and Health Theory, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany

    Swen-Malte John

  4. Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

    Howard I. Maibach

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van der Veen, J.P.W., Yazdani, M. (2012). Pigment Disorders. 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_27

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