The total body burden of chromium associated with skin disease and smoking among cement workers

• Published in: The Science of the total environment Vol. 391; no. 1; pp. 76 - 81
• Main Authors: Chen, Chiou-Jong, Shih, Tung-Sheng, Chang, Ho-Yuan, Yu, Hsin-Su, Wu, Jyun-De, Sheu, Shiann-Cherng, Wu, Cheng-En, Chou, Tzu-Chieh
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier B.V 25.02.2008; [Amsterdam; New York]: Elsevier Science
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Body Burden; Cement worker; Chromium - urine; Construction Materials; Environmental Monitoring - statistics & numerical data; Environmental Pollutants - urine; Epidemiological Monitoring; Female; Hand eczema; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Occupational Diseases - epidemiology; Occupational Diseases - urine; Odds Ratio; Regression Analysis; Skin disease; Skin Diseases - epidemiology; Skin Diseases - urine; Smoking; Smoking - epidemiology; Smoking - urine; Taiwan - epidemiology; Urinary chromium; Taiwan; Skin disease; OR; PPE; BEI; Urinary chromium; Cement worker; Hand eczema; Smoking

Hand eczema and other skin diseases have been associated with the exposure of chromium among cement workers. Studies on skin disease and other factors associated with the body burden of chromium are limited. The present study investigated the role of skin disease and smoking in the association with...