SynthesisInternational archives of occupational and environmental health2019
Macular degeneration and occupational risk factors: a systematic review.
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- Blue-Light Hazard of Light-Emitting Diodes Assessed with Gaussian Functions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- What Sun Protection Practices Should Be Adopted by Trainee Teachers to Reduce the Risk of Skin Cancer and Other Adverse Outcomes?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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- Sunlight exposure and eye disorders in an economically active population: data from the KNHANES 2008-2012.Annals of occupational and environmental medicine · 2021Article
- Retinoid analogs and polyphenols as potential therapeutics for age-related macular degeneration.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2020Review
- Insufficient Sun Exposure Has Become a Real Public Health Problem.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- PU-91 drug rescues human age-related macular degeneration RPE cells; implications for AMD therapeutics.Aging · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeMacular degeneration is a multi-factorial disease, leading cause of blindness for people over 50 years old in developed countries. To date, the knowledge on possible occupational factors involved in the development of the disease is scant.
methodWe performed a systematic scientific literature search on the association between macular degeneration and occupational risk factors searching the MedLine and Scopus databases.
resultsWe examined 158 articles and, according to the inclusion criteria, 13 peer-reviewed studies evaluating occupational risk factors for macular degeneration or reporting the frequency of the disease in specific groups of workers were included in the review. Ten on thirteen articles evaluated the presence of macular degeneration in workers exposed to solar radiation. Only one study found that non-specific history of occupational chemical exposure was associated with the disease. Two studies showed an association between macular degeneration and the general category of "blue-collar" workers, but they did not identify the specific risk factors involved.
conclusionsTo date few studies have examined occupational risk factors for macular degeneration. Nevertheless, available data indicate that long-term occupational solar radiation exposure, in particular for its blue-light component, is associated with macular degeneration in outdoor workers.
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