Construction workers' skin disorders in the Finnish Register of Occupational Diseases 2005-2016.
Adult
Construction Materials
/ adverse effects
Dermatitis, Allergic Contact
/ epidemiology
Dermatitis, Occupational
/ epidemiology
Female
Finland
/ epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Industry
/ statistics & numerical data
Male
Middle Aged
Occupational Exposure
/ adverse effects
Occupations
/ statistics & numerical data
Patch Tests
/ statistics & numerical data
Risk Factors
bricklayers
carpenters
cement workers
chrome
epoxy compounds
floor layers and tile setters
incidence rates
isothiazolinones
painters
plumbers and pipe fitters
Journal
Contact dermatitis
ISSN: 1600-0536
Titre abrégé: Contact Dermatitis
Pays: England
ID NLM: 7604950
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Dec 2020
Historique:
received:
17
06
2020
revised:
24
06
2020
accepted:
28
06
2020
pubmed:
2
7
2020
medline:
7
8
2021
entrez:
2
7
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Construction workers are a known risk group for occupational skin disease (OSD). To study diagnoses and causes of OSD in construction workers in the Finnish Register of Occupational Diseases (FROD) 2005-2016. We searched the FROD for dermatological cases in (a) construction-related occupations defined by the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08) and (b) in the industrial branch of construction defined by the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2). The two searches yielded the same number of cases, 329, although they were not identical subgroups. The number of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) cases was 235 (71%) in construction-related occupations and 228 (69%) in the industrial branch of construction. In the latter analysis, synthetic resin systems caused 66% of ACD cases and 46% of all OSDs, epoxy compounds being the leading cause (122 cases; 54% of ACD cases; 37% of all OSDs). Metals were the second most common group of causes of ACD with 31 cases (chrome 22 cases; cobalt 8 cases). Isothiazolinones caused ACD in 21 cases, many of whom were painters. ACD dominated the OSDs of construction workers and epoxy products were by far the leading cause comprising 37% of all OSDs. Chrome and isothiazolinones were also prominent causes of ACD.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Construction workers are a known risk group for occupational skin disease (OSD).
OBJECTIVES
OBJECTIVE
To study diagnoses and causes of OSD in construction workers in the Finnish Register of Occupational Diseases (FROD) 2005-2016.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
METHODS
We searched the FROD for dermatological cases in (a) construction-related occupations defined by the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08) and (b) in the industrial branch of construction defined by the Statistical Classification of Economic Activities in the European Community (NACE Rev. 2).
RESULTS
RESULTS
The two searches yielded the same number of cases, 329, although they were not identical subgroups. The number of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) cases was 235 (71%) in construction-related occupations and 228 (69%) in the industrial branch of construction. In the latter analysis, synthetic resin systems caused 66% of ACD cases and 46% of all OSDs, epoxy compounds being the leading cause (122 cases; 54% of ACD cases; 37% of all OSDs). Metals were the second most common group of causes of ACD with 31 cases (chrome 22 cases; cobalt 8 cases). Isothiazolinones caused ACD in 21 cases, many of whom were painters.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
ACD dominated the OSDs of construction workers and epoxy products were by far the leading cause comprising 37% of all OSDs. Chrome and isothiazolinones were also prominent causes of ACD.
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
437-441Informations de copyright
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons A/S. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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