Statistical study of clinical cases of skin disorder from agricultural chemicals in Japanese farmers, 1972-1981 / 日本農村医学会雑誌
Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
; : 64-70, 1990.
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ABSTRACT
A total of 630 clinical cases of occupational skin disorder from agricultural chemicals werestatistically analyzed in Japanese farmers who were recorded by physicians on a standard form from41 hospitals and other medical institutions during the 1972-81 period. The majority of the cases wereacute dermatitis (66.7%). This was followed by chronic dermatitis (24.3%), chemical burns (8.4%) andphotosensitive dermatitis (2.2%). By type to chemicals, the number one skin hazard was sulfurfungicides (32.2%), followed by organophosphorus insecticides (28.6%), polyhaloalkylthio-fungicides (11.4%), and copper fungicides (7.1%). Factors contributing to the onset of any disorder of the skinwere mainly defenseless on the part of users (41.3%), carelessness (20.2%), poor health condition(14.6%), and so forth. Other epidemiological features by sex, age, season, complications, sites of skindisorder, prognosis, etc. were also analyzed and discussed.
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Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
English
Journal:
Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
Year:
1990
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Article