Self-reported Occupational Skin Exposure and Risk of Physician-certified Long-term Sick Leave: A Prospective Study of the General Working Population of Norway

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Self-reported Occupational Skin Exposure and Risk of Physician-certified Long-term Sick Leave : A Prospective Study of the General Working Population of Norway. / Alfonso, Jose H; Tynes, Tore; Thyssen, Jacob P; Holm, Jan-Øivind; Johannessen, Håkon A.

In: Acta Dermatovenereologica, Vol. 96, No. 3, 01.03.2016, p. 336-40.

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Alfonso, JH, Tynes, T, Thyssen, JP, Holm, J-Ø & Johannessen, HA 2016, 'Self-reported Occupational Skin Exposure and Risk of Physician-certified Long-term Sick Leave: A Prospective Study of the General Working Population of Norway', Acta Dermatovenereologica, vol. 96, no. 3, pp. 336-40. https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-2253

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Alfonso, J. H., Tynes, T., Thyssen, J. P., Holm, J-Ø., & Johannessen, H. A. (2016). Self-reported Occupational Skin Exposure and Risk of Physician-certified Long-term Sick Leave: A Prospective Study of the General Working Population of Norway. Acta Dermatovenereologica, 96(3), 336-40. https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-2253

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Alfonso JH, Tynes T, Thyssen JP, Holm J-Ø, Johannessen HA. Self-reported Occupational Skin Exposure and Risk of Physician-certified Long-term Sick Leave: A Prospective Study of the General Working Population of Norway. Acta Dermatovenereologica. 2016 Mar 1;96(3):336-40. https://doi.org/10.2340/00015555-2253

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Alfonso, Jose H ; Tynes, Tore ; Thyssen, Jacob P ; Holm, Jan-Øivind ; Johannessen, Håkon A. / Self-reported Occupational Skin Exposure and Risk of Physician-certified Long-term Sick Leave : A Prospective Study of the General Working Population of Norway. In: Acta Dermatovenereologica. 2016 ; Vol. 96, No. 3. pp. 336-40.

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abstract = "Little is known about the contribution of occupational skin exposure as a risk factor for physician-certified long-term sick leave in the general working population of Norway. This study drew a cohort (n = 12,255; response at baseline 69.9%) randomly from the general population of Norway. Occupational skin exposure (in 2009) was measured based on 5 items. The outcome of interest was physician-certified long-term sick leave ≥ 16 days during 2010. Statistical adjustment for psychosocial and mechanical occupational exposures was performed. Long-term sick leave was predicted by occupational skin exposure to cleaning products (odds ratio (OR) 1.7; 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.1-2.5) and waste (OR 2.1; 95% CI 1.1-3.7) among men, and occupational skin exposure to water (OR 1.3; 95% CI 1.0-1.6) among women. The estimated population attributable risk for occupational skin exposure was 14.5%, which emphasizes its contribution as an important risk factor for long-term sick leave.",
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AB - Little is known about the contribution of occupational skin exposure as a risk factor for physician-certified long-term sick leave in the general working population of Norway. This study drew a cohort (n = 12,255; response at baseline 69.9%) randomly from the general population of Norway. Occupational skin exposure (in 2009) was measured based on 5 items. The outcome of interest was physician-certified long-term sick leave ≥ 16 days during 2010. Statistical adjustment for psychosocial and mechanical occupational exposures was performed. Long-term sick leave was predicted by occupational skin exposure to cleaning products (odds ratio (OR) 1.7; 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.1-2.5) and waste (OR 2.1; 95% CI 1.1-3.7) among men, and occupational skin exposure to water (OR 1.3; 95% CI 1.0-1.6) among women. The estimated population attributable risk for occupational skin exposure was 14.5%, which emphasizes its contribution as an important risk factor for long-term sick leave.

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