title: [Outdoor work-related health hazards].
abstract: Selected health hazards of outdoor work are reported. The hazards are attributable to physical agents (cold and hot microclimate, UV radiation), chemical agents (e.g., pesticides and herbicides, exhaust fumes), fine particulate dust, biological agents (insect bites, organic dusts, bacteria, poisonous vegetables), excessive physical (static and dynamic) loads. Exposures to those agents may cause circulatory diseases (arterial hypertension, ischemic heart disease), symptoms of lower and upper spine or renal calculosis. Particular attention was paid to dermal diseases caused by exposure to solar radiation, such as sunburns, idiopathic dermatoses, chronic lesions, exacerbation of other skin diseases (lupus erythematosus, porphyria), phototoxic and photoallergic reactions, melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer. Besides, solar radiation causes premature skin ageing and premalignant lesions (lentigo maligna, solar keatosis).
authors.affiliation: Zakład Fizjologii Pracy i Ergonomii, Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. J. Nofera, Łódź. alab@imp.lodz.pl
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bortkiewicz
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kieć-Swierczyńska
authors.forename: Beata
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Krecisz
mesh_terms: D000062:Accidents, Occupational / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000032:analysis; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002980:Climate; D004781:Environmental Exposure / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D062665:Epidemiological Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D006967:Hypersensitivity / Q000453:epidemiology; D009140:Musculoskeletal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009790:Occupations / Q000145:classification*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D000393:Air Pollutants