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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-3-25
pubmed:abstractText
Occupational skin diseases (mainly irritative and allergic contact dermatitis) are a significant part of occupational diseases. The economical burden of occupational skin diseases (OSD) is huge comprising direct costs (treatment, compensation) as well as indirect costs due to sick leave and lack of productivity. The management of a case of OSD is complex requiring different steps ranging from diagnosis to prevention, through interpretation of patch tests and outpatient treatment and involving an interdisciplinary approach. Patch tests alone cannot prove the allergic origin of OSD because positive results can be referred to a previous contact dermatitis and negative ones may simply be apparent.
pubmed:language
ita
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1592-7830
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
442-5
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
[Diagnosis of occupational skin diseases].
pubmed:affiliation
Sezione di Medicina del Lavoro e Tossicologia Occupazionale, Università degli Studi di Siena, Italy. sartorelli@unisi.it
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract