title: Occupational skin disease in workers from the electronics industry in Singapore.
abstract: Of 149 workers from the electronics industry with occupational dermatoses seen at the Joint Occupational Dermatoses Clinic at the National Skin Centre, Singapore, 51.0% (76) were diagnosed to have irritant contact dermatitis, 40.9% (61) had allergic contact dermatitis, and 8.1% (12) had noncontact dermatitis. More than half of the patients were younger than 30 years of age. Common irritants were soldering flux, oils and coolants, solvents, and acids/alkalis. The most common allergens were nickel and resins, followed by rubber chemicals and the constituents of flux. Of the noncontact dermatitis, 8 were caused by occupationally relevant exacerbation of endogenous eczema, whereas there was one case each of miliaria, frictional dermatitis, and fatal toxic epidermal necrolysis caused by trichloroethylene allergy.
authors.affiliation: National Skin Centre, Singapore.
authors.forename: H H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tsu-Li Chan
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Goh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000485:Allergens; D017449:Dermatitis, Allergic Contact / Q000453:epidemiology; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000453:epidemiology; D017453:Dermatitis, Irritant / Q000453:epidemiology; D009783:Dermatitis, Occupational / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004581:Electronics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007509:Irritants; D008297:Male; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000485:Allergens; D007509:Irritants