[Skin diseases and work disability in the Netherlands. 1. Results of a preliminary examination].

Abstract

Based on official Dutch Government data a study was performed in order to define the relative importance of skin diseases in causing a short- or longlasting incapacity to work. At the same time it was investigated which skin diseases caused a longlasting incapacity during the years 1967--1974 in Groningen, one of the provinces of the Netherlands.