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OCCUPATIONAL SKIN PROBLEMS IN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS

BACKGROUND: Construction workers handle cement which has constituents to produce both irritant contact dermatitis and corrosive effects (from alkaline ingredients, such as lime) and sensitization, leading to allergic contact dermatitis (from ingredients, such as chromium). AIM: The present study has...

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Autores principales: Shah, Kartik R, Tiwari, Rajnarayan R
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3051294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21430887
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.74537
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description BACKGROUND: Construction workers handle cement which has constituents to produce both irritant contact dermatitis and corrosive effects (from alkaline ingredients, such as lime) and sensitization, leading to allergic contact dermatitis (from ingredients, such as chromium). AIM: The present study has been carried out among unorganized construction workers to find the prevalence of skin problems. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present cross-sectional study was conducted in 92 construction workers of Ahmedabad and Vadodara. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: All the workers were subjected to clinical examination after collection of information regarding demographic characteristics, occupational characteristics and clinical history on a predesigned proforma. Of them, 47.8% had morbid skin conditions. Frictional callosities in palm were observed in 18 (19.6%) subjects while 4 (4.3%) subjects had contact dermatitis. Other conditions included dry, fissured and scaly skin, infectious skin lesion, tinea cruris, lesion and ulcers on hands and/or soles. CONCLUSION: The skin conditions were common in the age group of 20–25 years, males, those having ≥1 year exposure and those working for longer hours. Half of the workers not using personal protective equipment had reported skin-related symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-30512942011-03-22 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN PROBLEMS IN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS Shah, Kartik R Tiwari, Rajnarayan R Indian J Dermatol Original Article BACKGROUND: Construction workers handle cement which has constituents to produce both irritant contact dermatitis and corrosive effects (from alkaline ingredients, such as lime) and sensitization, leading to allergic contact dermatitis (from ingredients, such as chromium). AIM: The present study has been carried out among unorganized construction workers to find the prevalence of skin problems. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The present cross-sectional study was conducted in 92 construction workers of Ahmedabad and Vadodara. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: All the workers were subjected to clinical examination after collection of information regarding demographic characteristics, occupational characteristics and clinical history on a predesigned proforma. Of them, 47.8% had morbid skin conditions. Frictional callosities in palm were observed in 18 (19.6%) subjects while 4 (4.3%) subjects had contact dermatitis. Other conditions included dry, fissured and scaly skin, infectious skin lesion, tinea cruris, lesion and ulcers on hands and/or soles. CONCLUSION: The skin conditions were common in the age group of 20–25 years, males, those having ≥1 year exposure and those working for longer hours. Half of the workers not using personal protective equipment had reported skin-related symptoms. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2010 /pmc/articles/PMC3051294/ /pubmed/21430887 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.74537 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Dermatology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short OCCUPATIONAL SKIN PROBLEMS IN CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3051294/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21430887
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5154.74537
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