ArticleJournal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV2019
Skin cancer in outdoor workers exposed to solar radiation: a largely underreported occupational disease in Italy.
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- Assessment of ultraviolet and infrared radiation transmission through automobile windshields and side windows.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Advancing Cancer Research: Current Knowledge on Cutaneous Neoplasia.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Photoprotection in occupational dermatology.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2023Article
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- Sun protection and occupation: Current developments and perspectives for prevention of occupational skin cancer.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Editorial: Environmental or occupational exposure to optical radiation: Risk evaluation, health effects and prevention - tangible innovation for public and occupational health?Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Sun safety knowledge, practices and attitudes in rural Australian farmers: a cross-sectional study in Western New South Wales.BMC 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
- Protocol for a Systematic Review on the Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Exposure to Occupational Solar UltraViolet Radiation (UVR) Among Outdoor Workers.Frontiers in public health · 2021Article
- Occupational Skin Cancer in a Crematory Operator.Acta dermato-venereologica · 2020Article
- Sun protection habits and behaviors of a group of outdoor workers and students from the agricultural and construction sectors in north-Italy.La Medicina del lavoro · 2020Article
- Occupational Exposure to Solar UV Radiation of a Group of Fishermen Working in the Italian North Adriatic Sea.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundSolar UV radiation (sUVR) is one of the main carcinogen exposures in occupational settings, and UV-induced skin cancers are the most frequent tumours in fair-skinned individuals worldwide.
objectivesAccording to this premise, we should expect a high number of occupational skin cancers reported to the national workers' compensation authorities each year, also considering that the incidence of skin cancers has been constantly increased in recent years
methodsWe examined the data on reported non-melanoma skin cancers (NMSC) and actinic keratoses (AK) to the Italian National Workers Compensation Authority (INAIL) from 2012 to 2017, and we compared the number of reported skin cancers for outdoor workers with the expected numbers, obtained from currently available NMSC incidence rates for the Italian population applied to the occupational sUVR-exposed workers estimated with the CAREX methodology in Italy in 2005.
resultsThe cases of NMSC reported each year to INAIL in Italy are 34 per year on average, while for AK the mean number of reported cases is of only 15/year. We estimated a number of expected NMSC cases in Italy for solar UV-exposed workers ranging between 432 and 983, representing a proportion between reported vs. expected skin cancers of only 3.5-6.2%.
conclusionsOur study clearly shows that occupational skin cancers in Italy are largely underreported, and, accordingly, urgent initiatives should be taken to raise appropriate awareness to the problem of occupational sUVR-induced skin cancers, so that adequate preventive measures can be implemented rapidly.
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