Occupational dermatoses by type of work in Greece
| Autor: | Theodoros Konstandinidis, Antony Karpouzis, Konstantinos Kouskoukis, Elias Alexopoulos, Ilias Zorbas, Alexandros Zorbas, Sam Zorbas, Theodore Bazas, Eleni Zorba |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Epidemiologic study Prevalence environmental health Contact urticaria occupational dermatoses medicine prevention and control Safety Risk Reliability and Quality Acne Chemical Health and Safety business.industry lcsh:Public aspects of medicine Medical record Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health lcsh:RA1-1270 occupational exposure medicine.disease Dermatology occupational epidemiology Population study Original Article Chronic contact dermatitis business Safety Research Contact dermatitis |
| Zdroj: | Safety and Health at Work Safety and Health at Work, Vol 4, Iss 3, Pp 142-148 (2013) |
| ISSN: | 2093-7911 |
| Popis: | Background: To elucidate the relationship between seven occupational dermatoses (ODs) and 20 types of work in Greece. Methods: This was a prevalence epidemiologic study of certain ODs among 4,000 workers employed in 20 types of enterprise, in 104 companies, in 2006–2012, using data from company medical records, questionnaires, occupational medical, and special examinations. The χ2 test was applied to reveal statistically significant relationships between types of enterprises and occurrence of ODs. Results: A high percentage (39.9%) of employees included in the study population suffered from ODs. The highest prevalence rates were noted among hairdressers (of contact dermatitis: 30%), cooks (of contact dermatitis: 29.5%), bitumen workers (of acne: 23.5%), car industry workers (of mechanical injury: 15%), construction workers (of contact urticaria: 29.5%), industrial cleaning workers (of chemical burns: 13%), and farmers (of malignant tumors: 5.5%). We observed several statistical significant correlations between ODs (acute and chronic contact dermatitis, urticaria, mechanical injury, acne, burns, skin cancer) and certain types of enterprises. There was no statistically significant correlation between gender and prevalence of ODs, except for dermatoses caused by mechanical injuries afflicting mainly men [χ2 (1) = 13.40, p |
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