Occupational skin exposure and hand eczema among dental technicians—need for improved prevention

Does tobacco smoking influence the occurrence of hand eczema?

“…The questionnaires mailed to the former students and the population controls included 20–30 questions on hand eczema, history of childhood eczema, hay fever and asthma, occupationally related questions on skin exposures and consequences of hand eczema and also questions on smoking habits. The occurrence and consequences of hand eczema in the different cohorts have been presented elsewhere 14–16 . Two main questions were common to the three questionnaires: ‘Have you during the past 12 months had hand eczema on some occasion?’ and ‘Do you smoke?’ The smoking hairdressers and their controls also reported the number of cigarettes per day.…”

“…Previously collected questionnaire data on the occurrence of hand eczema in three occupational groups and corresponding control groups from the general population have been studied 14–16 . The questionnaires used included validated questions on 1‐year prevalence of hand eczema and also questions on smoking habits and information on age, sex and atopy.…”

Identification of covalent binding sites of ethyl 2-cyanoacrylate, methyl methacrylate and 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate in human hemoglobin using LC/MS/MS techniques

“…ECA, MMA and HEMA are potent contact allergens [1][2][3]. They are also known to cause respiratory hypersensitivity and asthma [4][5][6][7].…”

Epidemiology of Contact Dermatitis

“…Incidence of hand eczema: Several studies have investigated the incidence of hand eczema in the general population (Lantinga et al, 1984;Yngveson M, 2000;Meding & Jarvholm, 2004;Brisman J et al, 1998;Meding et al, 2006;Lind, 2007;Lerbaek et al, 2007). The median incidence rate was 5.5 cases/1000 person-years (range 3.3-8.8).…”