title: [Prevalence and factors associated with orolabial lesions in beach workers].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the prevalence and factors associated with orolabial lesions caused by sun exposure in beach workers.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study with 362 beach workers from five urban beaches in the city of Natal, northeastern Brazil, from August to December 2010. All subjects completed a validated questionnaire to collect personal, occupational, and health-related information and underwent an orolabial clinical examination by trained examiners. Potential associations between sociodemographic, occupational, and health-related variables and the presence of orolabial lesions were assessed using the chi-square test at a 5% significance level. The multivariate analysis was performed using Poisson regression.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Of the 362 workers examined, 27.1% had orolabial lesions. Of these, 76.8% were males, 61.6% dark or black skinned, 94.5% informal workers, and 85.4% reported sun exposure. Most (81.1%) reported using sun protection methods including sunscreen (38.7%), lip balm (15.3%), and cap/hat (72.4%). Twenty-eight percent reported smoking and 48% regular drinking. Sun protection with cap/hat was associated with orolabial lesions caused by sun exposure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was found a high prevalence of orolabial lesions in workers exposed to sunlight that was associated with the use of a cap/hat as a sun protection method.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Odontologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, RN, Brasil. eudeseuler@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Eudes Euler de Souza
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: Lucena
authors.forename: Danielle Clarisse Barbosa
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: Éricka Janine Dantas da
authors.initials: ÉJ
authors.lastname: Silveira
authors.forename: Kenio Costa de
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lima
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D001493:Bathing Beaches; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008047:Lip Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects*; D015995:Prevalence; D011481:Protective Clothing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D013472:Sunlight / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013473:Sunscreening Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D013473:Sunscreening Agents