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Skin health and protection at work in Croatian beautician apprentices
Author(s) -
Macan Jelena,
Babić Željka,
Samardžić Tea
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
contact dermatitis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1600-0536
pISSN - 0105-1873
DOI - 10.1111/cod.12684
Subject(s) - croatian , medical unit , unit (ring theory) , occupational safety and health , environmental medicine , occupational medicine , medicine , apprenticeship , occupational exposure , family medicine , environmental health , nursing , history , psychology , public health , pathology , archaeology , philosophy , linguistics , mathematics education
Beauticians are recognized as being at risk regarding the development of occupational skin diseases, mainly allergic contact dermatitis, with acrylates and methyisothiazolinones being the most frequently found occupational allergens (1–4). Little is known about behaviour at work regarding safety and the prevalence of skin symptoms in beautician apprentices. This article describes skin protective measures and the prevalence