Chemical exposures at work and at home may cause hand eczema. However, this has been scarcely described for Norway.
To investigate the prevalence of, and occupational risk factors for, hand eczema in Norway.
Among 50?805 respondents (aged =20?years) to the third Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT3), 5757 persons reported ever having hand eczema, and 4206 answered a hand eczema questionnaire.
The lifetime prevalences of hand eczema were 8.4% in men and 13.8% in women (p?