Occupational skin diseases in automotive industry workers.

AbstractContext: Studies on occupational skin diseases in workers of the automotive industry are few.Aim: To investigate the prevalence of occupational skin diseases in workers of the automotive industry.Materials and methods: Between September and December 2011, a total of 405 workers from the automotive repair industry in Diyarbakir were interviewed. They were active workers in the repair industry who had been employed for at least six months. Business owners, sellers of spare parts and accounting officers were not included. The employees were examined at their workplaces and the working conditions were observed. Detailed dermatological examination was performed.Results: The mean age of the 405 workers who participated in the study was 27.7 ± 10.3. The mean working time of employees was 13.3 ± 10.4 years. All of the employees were male. Dermatological diseases were not detected in 144 out of 405 workers (35.6%) and at least one condition was diagnosed in 261 (64.4%). The most frequent diagnosis was call...