Walter Burckhardt (2 March 1905 – 29 October 1971) was a

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most notable for his contributions on occupational

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. During the 1930s, Burckhardt took over from

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the management of the City Department for Skin and Venereal Diseases in Zurich; he became Privatdozent in 1938 and Titularprofessor in 1947 at the

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* Peter J. Lynch,

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(editors). ''Burckhardt's Atlas and manual of dermatology and venerology.''

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, Baltimore 1977,

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