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The manufacturer’s material safety data sheet (MSDS) represents the primary piece of information on the safety issues related to the material or product to which it is related. It is thus a first point of call for the dermatologist trying to judge whether a particular product or substance might be responsible for any case of occupational skin disease under consideration. Even though current MSDSs are of great help, they may not be exact enough from a dermato-allergist’s point of view (Kanerva et al. 1997).
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Basketter, D.A., Kanerva, L. (2000). Identification and Assessment in Relation to the Material Safety Data Sheets. In: Kanerva, L., Wahlberg, J.E., Elsner, P., Maibach, H.I. (eds) Handbook of Occupational Dermatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07677-4_50
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