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Document ID (ISN)108218
CIS number 08-579
ISSN - Serial title 0962-7480 - Occupational Medicine
Year 2006
Convention or series no.
Author(s) McDonald J.C., Beck M.H., Chen Y., Cherry N.M.
Title Incidence by occupation and industry of work-related skin diseases in the United Kingdom, 1996-2001
Bibliographic information Sep. 2006, Vol.56, n°6, p.398-405. 7 ref.
Abstract The objective of this study was to summarize incidence rates of work-related skin diseases reported between 1996 and 2001 to the EPIDERM and OPRA national surveillance databases by consultant dermatologists and occupational physicians in the United Kingdom, with an emphasis on allergic contact dermatitis by occupation and industry. Findings are discussed. Contact dermatitis was most frequently attributed to rubber chemicals, soaps and cleaners, wet work, nickel and acrylics; most cases of contact urticaria were attributed to rubber chemicals, foods and flour. Rates of contact dermatitis were highest among skilled workers in the petrochemical, rubber and plastic manufacturing, with machine operators and technical workers in metal and automotive industries also at increased risk. High proportions of cases attributed to rubber chemicals were in nurses and technicians in the health and social services.
Descriptors (primary) United Kingdom; risk factors; eczema; skin allergies
Descriptors (secondary) polymethyl methacrylate; industrial physicians; machine tools; chemical industry; nickel and compounds; soaps; cleaning agents; occupation disease relation; urticaria; rubber chemicals; diagnosis; social workers; health care personnel; metalworking industry; motor vehicle industry; petrochemical industry; dermatological services; computerized data bases; rubber industry
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceCanada; United Kingdom
Subject(s) Occupational pathology
Broad subject area(s) Occupational medicine, epidemiology
Browse category(ies) Allergies
Skin diseases