title: Occupational skin diseases in automotive industry workers.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Studies on occupational skin diseases in workers of the automotive industry are few.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the prevalence of occupational skin diseases in workers of the automotive industry.
  
  
  METHODS
  Between September and December 2011, a total of 405 workers from the automotive repair industry in Diyarbakır were interviewed. They were active workers in the repair industry who had been employed for at least six months. Business owners, sellers of spare parts and accounting officers were not included. The employees were examined at their workplaces and the working conditions were observed. Detailed dermatological examination was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of the 405 workers who participated in the study was 27.7 ± 10.3. The mean working time of employees was 13.3 ± 10.4 years. All of the employees were male. Dermatological diseases were not detected in 144 out of 405 workers (35.6%) and at least one condition was diagnosed in 261 (64.4%). The most frequent diagnosis was callus, hyperkeratosis, clavus (27.7%), followed by nail changes (16.8%) and superficial mycoses (12.1%). Contact dermatitis was seen at a rate of 5.9%.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Traumatic lesions such as hyperkeratotic lesions and nail changes were found most frequently. Traumatic lesions were common among individuals who did not use gloves. Most nail changes were localized leuconychia, a finding not reported in the studies on automotive industry workers. In accordance with the literature, irritant contact dermatitis was observed in patients with a history of atopy and who had been working for a long time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Occupational skin diseases comprise an important field in dermatology, deserving much attention. Further studies on occupational dermatology are necessary.
authors: Department of Dermatology and.
authors: Yunus
authors: Y
authors: Yakut
authors: Derya
authors: D
authors: Uçmak
authors: Zeynep Meltem
authors: ZM
authors: Akkurt
authors: Sedat
authors: S
authors: Akdeniz
authors: Yilmaz
authors: Y
authors: Palanci
authors: Bilal
authors: B
authors: Sula
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007221:Industry; D008875:Middle Aged; D018986:Motor Vehicles; D009784:Occupational Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D016273:Occupational Exposure / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult