Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - Skin disease in the pottery industry

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Skin disease in the pottery industry / A.G. Smith

Este artículo pertenece a una ponencia del Joint Symposium on Health and Safety in the Ceramic Industries, celebrado en North Staffordshire Medical Institute, Stoke-on-Trent, los días 10 y 11 de septiembre de 1987

Sumario: The only common skin disease in the pottery industry is eczematous dermatitis. Low-grade dermatitis, not necessitating absence from work, may affect 5-10% of the workforce. In perhaps only 1% is the condition severe enough to cause significant absence from work and the attendent financial problems. Mostly the problem is that of a cumulative irritant dermatitis associated particularly with wet work. Such a pattern is more common in patiens with a history of childhood eczema. As the prognosis of industrial dermatitis is poor, such subjects should be counselled against work that occasions exposure to potential shin irritants. More rarely the problem is due to allergic contact dermatitis. Here identification and replacement or avoidance of the allergen may resolve the problem

En: The Annals of occupational hygiene. - Oxford [etc.]. - nº 3, 1989 ; p. 365-368

1. Medicina laboral . 2. Enfermedades profesionales . 3. Dermatitis . 4. Riesgo laboral . 5. Dermatología . 6. Industria de la cerámica . I. Título. II. Título: The Annals of occupational hygiene.