Effect of exposure to formaldehyde on the skin of first-year medical students during Anatomy dissection: A longitudinal study
Journal Title: The Journal of Community Health Management - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 4
Abstract
Exposure to formaldehyde is one of the various occupational hazards experienced by a doctor It is used in its aqueous form formalin for embalming cadavers which are used for teaching gross anatomy by dissection Therefore medical students in their first year routinely handle the cadaver and dermal contact is thus a significant and consistent portal of exposure to formaldehyde The toxic and allergic potential of formaldehyde is well documented in research literature The present study was intended to assess the various dermatological manifestations of this exposure and provide a possible understanding of the mechanism behind it by estimation of eosinophil count Descriptive statistics Friedmans Test and pairedt test were used for statistical analysis A pvalue 0Keywords Formaldehyde Medical students Dermal symptoms Skin reactions
Authors and Affiliations
Sudip Bhattacharya, Dipak Kumar Dhar, Sudeepa Chaudhuri, Sumit Kumar Singh
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