Occupational acne is caused by several different groups of industrial compounds, including
coal tar
Coal tar is a thick dark liquid which is a by-product of the production of coke and coal gas from coal. It is a type of creosote. It has both medical and industrial uses. Medicinally it is a topical medication applied to skin to treat psorias ...
derivatives, insoluble cutting oils, and
chlorinated hydrocarbons
An organochloride, organochlorine compound, chlorocarbon, or chlorinated hydrocarbon is an organic compound containing at least one covalently bonded atom of chlorine. The chloroalkane class ( alkanes with one or more hydrogens substituted by chlo ...
(chlornaphthalenes, chlordiphenyls, and chlordiphenyloxides).
[Freedberg, et al. (2003). ''Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine''. (6th ed.). Page 684. McGraw-Hill. .]
See also
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List of cutaneous conditions
References
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Acneiform eruptions
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