title: Contact dermatitis in tobacco farmworkers.
abstract: Occupational skin disease is highly prevalent among agricultural workers. Tobacco cultivation and harvest are particularly hazardous for farmworkers. We report 5 migrant Latino farmworkers in North Carolina with contact dermatitis related to tobacco work. These cases show a characteristic distribution of contact dermatitis; the flexural and medial surfaces of the upper extremities were affected in each case, whereas most cases showed some involvement of the torso and axilla. This pattern most likely reflects a common occupational practice of holding the tobacco leaves under the arm and pressed against the body during harvesting.
authors.affiliation: Center for Dermatology Research, Elm City, NC 27822, USA.
authors.forename: Nina F
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: Steven R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Feldman
authors.forename: Quirina
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Vallejos
authors.forename: Lara E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Whalley
authors.forename: Thanh
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Gonzalo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cabral
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Earp
authors.forename: Alan B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Fleischer
authors.forename: Sara A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Quandt
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Arcury
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000382:Agricultural Workers' Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000209:etiology*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009657:North Carolina; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010328:Patch Tests; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014171:Transients and Migrants