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Editorial
. 2020 May;82(5):1085-1086.
doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.03.012. Epub 2020 Mar 18.

Occupational skin disease among health care workers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic

Dirk M Elston  1
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Editorial

Occupational skin disease among health care workers during the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic

Dirk M Elston. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 May.
No abstract available

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  • Skin damage among health care workers managing coronavirus disease-2019.
    Lan J, Song Z, Miao X, Li H, Li Y, Dong L, Yang J, An X, Zhang Y, Yang L, Zhou N, Yang L, Li J, Cao J, Wang J, Tao J. Lan J, et al. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 May;82(5):1215-1216. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.03.014. Epub 2020 Mar 18. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020. PMID: 32171808 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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