Dermatological Illnesses of Immigrant Poultry-Processing Workers in North Carolina
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Dermatological illnesses of immigrant poultry-processing workers in North Carolina.
The authors designed this study to assess skin ailments among male Latino poultry-processing workers in one plant in North Carolina. Because conditions in poultry plants expose workers to multiple agents affecting the skin, the number of skin ailments was expected to be high. A visual skin examination was conducted by a single board-certified dermatologist for 25 male workers. Dermatological Li...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Environmental & Occupational Health
سال: 2005
ISSN: 1933-8244,2154-4700
DOI: 10.3200/aeoh.60.3.165-169