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Clinical Case Reports

Outbreak of eczema and rhinitis in a group of office workers in Greenland

Niels E. EbbehøjDepartment of Occupational and Environmental MedicineBispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Tove AgnerDepartment of DermatologyBispebjerg Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Erik ZimersonDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Skane University Hospital, Lund University, Malmø, Sweden
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Magnus BruzeDepartment of Occupational and Environmental Dermatology, Skane University Hospital, Lund University, Malmø, Sweden
Article: 27919 | Received 19 Mar 2015, Accepted 04 Jun 2015, Published online: 01 Jul 2015

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