Dermatologist-diagnosed skin diseases among immigrant Latino poultry processors and other manual workers in North Carolina, USA

International Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1342-1348

  Pichardo Geisinger, Rita ^a   Muñoz Ali, Diana ^a   Arcury, Thomas A ^a   Blocker, Jill N ^b   Grzywacz, Joseph G ^a   Mora, Dana C ^c   Chen, Haiying ^b   Schulz, Mark R ^d   Feldman, Steve R ^a   Quandt, Sara A ^c  

^a Department of Dermatology ^*  (United States)

^b Division of Public Health Sciences   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS; ACNE; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CALLUS; CHLOASMA; CONTACT DERMATITIS; CYST; DARIER DISEASE; DERMATITIS; DERMATOFIBROMA; DERMATOLOGIST; DERMATOMYCOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HEMANGIOMA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; IMMIGRANT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; MIGRANT WORKER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; ONYCHOMYCOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POULTRY FARMING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SANITATION; SCAR; SEBORRHEIC DERMATITIS; SKIN EXAMINATION; SKIN INJURY; TINEA PEDIS; TINEA VERSICOLOR; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DERMATOLOGY; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MALE; MEAT-PACKING INDUSTRY; MIDDLE AGED; NORTH CAROLINA; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; POULTRY; PREVALENCE; SKIN DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886752286     PISSN: 00119059     EISSN: 13654632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-4632.2012.05580.x     Document Type: Article

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