Statistical study of clinical cases of skin disorder from agricultural chemicals in Japanese farmers, 1972-1981.
10.2185/jjrm.39.64
- Author:
Toshio MATSUSHITA
;
Kohji AOYAMA
;
Zhi-yu WANG
;
Qing LI
;
Konomi OBAMA
;
Takeshi SUGAYA
;
Shohsui MATSUSHIMA
;
Toshikazu WAKATSUKI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Occupational dermatitis;
Agricultural chemical;
Pesticide;
Farmer;
Statistics
- From:Journal of the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine
1990;39(2):64-70
- CountryJapan
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A total of 630 clinical cases of occupational skin disorder from agricultural chemicals werestatistically analyzed in Japanese farmers who were recorded by physicians on a standard form from41 hospitals and other medical institutions during the 1972-81 period. The majority of the cases wereacute dermatitis (66.7%). This was followed by chronic dermatitis (24.3%), chemical burns (8.4%) andphotosensitive dermatitis (2.2%). By type to chemicals, the number one skin hazard was sulfurfungicides (32.2%), followed by organophosphorus insecticides (28.6%), polyhaloalkylthio-fungicides (11.4%), and copper fungicides (7.1%). Factors contributing to the onset of any disorder of the skinwere mainly defenseless on the part of users (41.3%), carelessness (20.2%), poor health condition(14.6%), and so forth. Other epidemiological features by sex, age, season, complications, sites of skindisorder, prognosis, etc. were also analyzed and discussed.
