Minimizing the Dermatological Consequences of Exposure to E-waste

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava^{1

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3

4}, Prateek Sudhakar Bobhate⁵, Sudhir Singh⁶, Sabiha Quazi⁶, Sugat Jawade⁶

Affiliations

¹ Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
² Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Allied Health Sciences, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune (Deemed to be University), Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
³ Department of Education Research, School of Higher Education and Research, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wanadongri, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
⁴ Department of Community Medicine, Datta Meghe Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wanadongri, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
⁵ Department of Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Vijaypur, Jammu, India.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, Datta Meghe Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wanadongri, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava et al. Indian Dermatol Online J. 2025.

. 2025 Sep 1;16(5):882-884.

doi: 10.4103/idoj.idoj_128_25. Epub 2025 Aug 22.

Saurabh RamBihariLal Shrivastava^{1

2

3

4}, Prateek Sudhakar Bobhate⁵, Sudhir Singh⁶, Sabiha Quazi⁶, Sugat Jawade⁶

¹ Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
² Dr. D. Y. Patil School of Allied Health Sciences, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune (Deemed to be University), Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pimpri, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
³ Department of Education Research, School of Higher Education and Research, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wanadongri, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
⁴ Department of Community Medicine, Datta Meghe Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wanadongri, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
⁵ Department of Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Vijaypur, Jammu, India.
⁶ Department of Dermatology, Datta Meghe Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher Education and Research, Wanadongri, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

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Conflict of interest statement

There are no conflicts of interest.

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