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Is Occupational Skin Cancer More Aggressive?

Published on 20/05/202125/03/2023 by Annet Lenderink

Skin cancer is becoming increasingly common and exposure to UV radiation plays a role in this. Skin cancer can therefore be an occupational disease if the exposure mainly occurs during work. The question of whether such occupational skin cancer develops... Read more

Lasogen in the restaurant kitchen

Published on 06/12/201808/11/2020 by Annet Lenderink

What happens when 18 employees of a large restaurant (85 employees) suddenly have health problems. They suffer from sore and burning eyes, redness and irritation of the eyes and a rash in... Read more

Pterygium as an occupational disease in outside workers

Published on 28/03/201802/10/2018 by Annet Lenderink

The term pterygium sounds a bit like a rare type of dinosaur to me. But it is a disease of the eye. In addition, a fold in the mucous membrane usually grows from the corner of the eye... Read more

Sunlight and skin cancer

Published on 01/04/201309/06/2019 by Annet Lenderink

It is very difficult to distinguish the effects of occupational and recreational exposure to sunlight and UV radiation. Therefore, attributing skin cancer to occupational UV exposure should be done with great caution... Read more