Abraham Nina F, Feldman Steven R, Vallejos Quirina, Whalley Lara E, Brooks Thanh, Cabral Gonzalo, Earp Patricia, Fleischer Alan B, Quandt Sara A, Arcury Thomas A
Center for Dermatology Research, Elm City, NC 27822, USA.
Contact Dermatitis. 2007 Jul;57(1):40-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0536.2007.01148.x.
Occupational skin disease is highly prevalent among agricultural workers. Tobacco cultivation and harvest are particularly hazardous for farmworkers. We report 5 migrant Latino farmworkers in North Carolina with contact dermatitis related to tobacco work. These cases show a characteristic distribution of contact dermatitis; the flexural and medial surfaces of the upper extremities were affected in each case, whereas most cases showed some involvement of the torso and axilla. This pattern most likely reflects a common occupational practice of holding the tobacco leaves under the arm and pressed against the body during harvesting.
职业性皮肤病在农业工人中非常普遍。烟草种植和收割对农场工人尤其危险。我们报告了北卡罗来纳州5名患有与烟草工作相关的接触性皮炎的拉丁裔流动农场工人。这些病例显示出接触性皮炎的特征性分布；每例患者上肢的屈侧和内侧表面均受到影响，而大多数病例的躯干和腋窝也有一定程度的累及。这种模式很可能反映了收割过程中常见的职业习惯，即将烟叶夹在腋下并紧贴身体。
