Occupational and Environmental Health: Recognizing and Preventing Disease and Injury - Multiple Choice Questions - Learn & Prevent

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Occupational skin diseases can result from all the following EXCEPT:

  1. Physical insults

  2. Biologic causes

  3. Chemical insults

  4. Genetic predispositions

The correct answer is: Genetic predispositions

Occupational skin diseases are a result of exposure to workplace hazards and can result in various diseases. Bioterrorism; which can include exposure to viruses, bacteria, and biological toxins; can lead to occupational skin diseases. Additionally, physical insults such as extreme temperatures, radiation and vibrations and chemical insults like exposure to toxic or corrosive chemicals and their mixtures, and finally, personal risk factors such as age, gender, ethnicity, and concurrent diseases, can cause occupational skin diseases. However, genetic predispositions are not a primary cause of occupational skin diseases, as they are primarily caused by external factors and exposures in the workplace. Therefore, option D is incorrect.

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