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OCCUPATIONAL DERMATOSES IN THE RUBBER AND CEMENT INDUSTRIES *
Author(s) -
Dunt D. R.,
Varigos G. A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
australasian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.67
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1440-0960
pISSN - 0004-8380
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-0960.1982.tb00236.x
Subject(s) - medicine , factory (object oriented programming) , absenteeism , occupational dermatitis , occupational disease , environmental health , occupational exposure , dermatology , contact dermatitis , allergy , management , immunology , computer science , economics , programming language
S ummary A prevalence survey of occupational dermatoses in a tyre company with 999 workers and a cement company with 151 workers is reported. High prevalence rates for occupational dermatitis exist in both factories but are twice as high in the cement (68.5 per 1000) than the tyre factory (37.3 per 1000). Low rates of occupational allergic dermatitis in the tyre factory are noted. Factory records in the tyre factory nevertheless reveal little absenteeism associated with this disease. Very high rates of oil follicualitis exist at the cement factory. A skin staining reaction confined to the tyre factory is revealed. It is concluded that, despite the low absenteeism noted, occupational dermatoses are nevertheless important occupational diseases.