Occupational dermatitis in a highly industrialized Italian region: the experience of four occupational health departments

The Science of the Total Environment
M CrippaR Valsecchi

Abstract

There is a need for several research centers to carry out coordinated large-scale evaluation of the spread of occupational irritant and allergic dermatitis. The Occupational Health Departments of Bergamo, Brescia, Lecco and Cremona therefore decided to join their experiences and bring together all the cases of occupational irritant and allergic dermatitis diagnosed by these Departments between 1993 and 1998. In this period, 1169 cases of occupational dermatitis were diagnosed, subdivided into 768 cases of allergic contact dermatitis (ACD), 337 of irritant contact dermatitis (ICD), 54 of urticaria and 10 of airborne contact dermatitis, and there has not been a trend towards increase of occupational dermatitis over the years. Our population included 724 males and 445 females and average latency after the beginning of exposure to occupational allergens was 8.01 years for ACD, 6.4 for ICD, 3.22 for urticaria and 5.57 for airborne contact dermatitis. The frequency of atopy was 33.9%, in females and 19.5% in males. The frequency of atopy was particularly high (89%) in subjects with urticaria. Among subjects with allergic dermatitis, 362 had had only one sensitization while 406 had had two or more sensitizations. The working areas whe...Continue Reading

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