Occupational skin diseases constitute about 30% of all occupational diseases worldwide and also in Germany. Thereby, occupational skin diseases take the leading position of all occupational diseases. About 90% of occupational skin diseases are eczemas which are usually located on the hands. Accordin…
Irritant or allergic contact dermatitis of the hands is by far the most common type of occupational skin disease. In clinical studies with hand eczema patients, both an overrepresentation of subjects with sensitive skin (mostly patients with atopic dermatitis) and an excess of certain high-risk occu…
Hairdressing (n = 169) and nursing apprentices (n = 255) have been included in a prospective follow-up study in the region of East Thuringia. Startingin 8/92, the apprentices have been interviewed and examined in a standardized way rignt at the beginning of their vocational training, after half a ye…