[Outdoor work-related health hazards]
Alicja Bortkiewicz1, Marta Kieć-Swierczyńska, Beata Krecisz
1Zakład Fizjologii Pracy i Ergonomii, Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. J. Nofera, Łódź. alab@imp.lodz.pl
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).
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