Open AccessOccupational allergic contact dermatitis among construction workers in India
Author(s) -
Nilendu Sarma
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
indian journal of dermatology/indian journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.395
H-Index - 36
eISSN - 1998-3611
pISSN - 0019-5154
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5154.53192
Subject(s) - medicine , patch test , indian subcontinent , allergic contact dermatitis , contact dermatitis , environmental health , dermatology , allergy , immunology , ancient history , history
Allergic contact dermatitis is one of the important occupational hazards in construction workers and it often leads to poor quality of life of the workers with substantial financial loss. However, this is often a neglected entity. There are no past studies on the construction workers in Indian subcontinent.