Epidemiology of occupational skin diseases in Poland in the period 2003–2017

Magdalena Jałowska; Marta Szymoniak-Lipska; Ryszard Żaba; Zygmunt Adamski

doi:10.5114/dr.2019.88255

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Dermatology Review/Przegląd Dermatologiczny

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Epidemiology of occupational skin diseases in Poland in the period 2003–2017

Magdalena Jałowska

¹

,

Marta Szymoniak-Lipska

¹

,

Ryszard Żaba

²

,

Zygmunt Adamski

¹

Department of Dermatology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland

Dermatol Rev/Przegl Dermatol 2019, 106, 384-395

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/dr.2019.88255

Online publish date: 2019/10/02

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Occupational diseases are characterised by a diverse aetiology. The causative agents may be chemical, physical or biological. In the past 14 years there has been a decrease in the number of reported occupational dermatoses in Poland. In 2017 occupational dermatoses ranked 7th among all occupational diseases, whereas in 2003 they were in the 5th position. There were 1694 recorded cases of cutaneous occupational diseases. The most common entity was allergic contact dermatitis (80.5% of total occupational skin disease cases), while hands were the most frequent location of occupational dermatoses. The number of registered cases of occupational diseases is low compared to other European countries. This indicates that this number may not reflect the true scale of disease incidence and may lead to underestimation of the problem of occupational dermatoses in Poland.

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Epidemiology of occupational skin diseases in Poland in the period 2003–2017

Magdalena Jałowska 1 , Marta Szymoniak-Lipska 1 , Ryszard Żaba 2 , Zygmunt Adamski 1

cutaneous diseases, occupational diseases, occupational skin diseases, contact dermatitis

Magdalena Jałowska

¹

,

Marta Szymoniak-Lipska

¹

,

Ryszard Żaba

²

,

Zygmunt Adamski

¹