Berg M, Lidén S, Arnetz B
Hudkliniken, Karolinska sjukhuset, Stockholm.
Nord Med. 1993;108(6-7):193-5.
Since autumn 1985 many Swedish employees with skin problems have attributed them to their work with visual display units (VDUs). However, studies have shown the prevalence of skin signs and skin diseases among people exposed to VDUs to be comparable with that among controls; and provocation studies of subjects exposed to electromagnetic fields have failed to show any relationship to exist between the occurrence of such symptoms and work with VDUs. On the other hand, there are studies showing that the symptoms might be due to work-related stress. Occasional cases of symptoms among people working with VDUs have been reported from other countries, but not with the same order of epidemiological prevalence. Outside Sweden the occurrence of the same types of skin symptoms is attributed to other causes than exposure to VDUs or other electromagnetic sources.
自1985年秋季以来，许多有皮肤问题的瑞典员工将其归咎于使用视觉显示单元（VDU）的工作。然而，研究表明，接触VDU的人群中皮肤体征和皮肤病的患病率与对照组相当；对暴露于电磁场的受试者进行的激发试验未能表明此类症状的发生与使用VDU的工作之间存在任何关系。另一方面，有研究表明这些症状可能是由工作相关压力引起的。其他国家也报告了使用VDU的人群中偶尔出现症状的情况，但流行病学患病率的顺序不同。在瑞典以外，相同类型皮肤症状的出现归因于接触VDU或其他电磁源以外的其他原因。
