Occupational Asthma
Health surveillance for occupational asthma in the UK
... of occupational asthma ...for occupational asthma appear to be based on existing HSE guidance, although specific details were difficult to ...
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A compendium of causative agents of occupational asthma
... Results: Approximately 3,000 relevant papers were identified, which covered 372 different causes of allergic and 184 different causes of irritant occupational asthma. The highest level achieved using the ...
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Epidemiology of Occupational Asthma in Tunisia: Results of a First National Study
... frequency, occupational asthma (OA) has be- come the most important cause of occupational respiratory disorders in developed ...of occupational asthma cases recognized by the competent ...
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What is the optimal management option for occupational asthma?
... with occupational asthma due to various agents; use the standard outcomes that have been validated for asthma in general; and incorporate quantitative exposure ...
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Specific inhalation challenge tests for occupational asthma in Europe: a survey
... the asthma, especially if it can be achieved soon after the onset of symptoms ...Consequently, occupational asthma is one of the very few types of asthma that are potentially ...
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Contribution of host factors and workplace exposure to the outcome of occupational asthma
... of occupational asthma after diagnosis is often ...of occupational asthma was considered by recent guidelines but not in a systematic ...of occupational asthma ...
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Non-eosinophilic occupational asthma due to exposure of merbau and bangkirai wood.
... and occupational asthma and investigate the immunopathogenesis behind the disease by examining IgE, CD4, and eosinophil ...with occupational asthma based on the findings derived from the ...
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Serum Periostin Levels: A Potential Serologic Marker for Toluene Diisocyanate Induced Occupational Asthma
... There are several limitations in this study. First, we collected neutrophils isolated from non-occupational asthmatic pa- tients, which may not be able to reflect exact functional status of neutrophils derived ...
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Identification of clinically significant psychological distress and psychiatric morbidity by examining quality of life in subjects with occupational asthma
... the asthma is related to the workplace ...with asthma specific quality of life measures, such as the AQLQ(S), in individuals with OA, work-exacerbated asthma and asthma that is unrelated to ...
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Impact of occupational exposures on exacerbation of asthma: a population-based asthma cohort study
... an asthma-specific JEM that was developed with special focus on detection of new- onset asthma rather than exacerbation of ...have occupational asthma, but rather asthma caused by ...
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Primary prevention: exposure reduction, skin exposure and respiratory protection
... of an intervention is exposure to latex allergens. For latex, a meta-analysis is available that includes the separate studies described in table 2 [29]. Several studies explored differences in exposure levels between ...
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Occupational exposures, smoking and airway inflammation in refractory asthma
... increases asthma risk but is also associated with neutrophilic ...workplace-exacerbated asthma is more commonly associated with engine exhaust fumes than those with occupational asthma ...
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Current and new challenges in occupational lung diseases
... of occupational asthma are being reported, underlining the need for health-based risk assessments when new materials are introduced or used in different ways or combinations ...“non-allergic” asthma ...
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and occupational exposures
... as occupational, largely because the condition develops slowly and, given that the airflow limitation is chronic, does not reverse when exposure is ...of occupational COPD, using methods similar to those ...
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... work-related asthma, including bleach, room cleaners-abrasives, and cleaners for restrooms, detergents, ammonia, glutaraldehyde, formaldehyde, chloramines, and ethylene ...of occupational asthma re- ...
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Asthma caused by occupational exposures is common – A systematic analysis of estimates of the population-attributable fraction
... of occupational asthma, as well as the references cited in any appropriate papers identified in above, in order to identify other studies consistent with the same parameters noted ...for occupational ...
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The estimated prevalence of exposure to asthmagens in the Australian workforce, 2014
... of occupational asthma have found common agents to be: isocyanates and latex in South Africa [26]; moulds, animal epithelia and flour, grain and grain mites in Finland [27]; wood dust in Australia [28]; and ...
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A review of adult asthma and the effectiveness of education programs in reducing symptoms
... recommends asthma self-management education to be essential in providing patients with the skills necessary to control asthma and improve out- ...of asthma, the different categories of asthma ...
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Optimizing diagnostic tests for persulphate-induced respiratory diseases
... pational asthma and rhinitis, but they were not clear- cut cases, which explains why only some hairdressers had a positive reaction to ...tional asthma it might have improved the sensitivity of the test for ...
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Healthy Body, Healthy Lungs-What Salon Workers Need to Know About Their Risk for Work-Related Asthma
... develop occupational asthma and they may be affected at different ...with occupational asthma, others may also be af- fected in the future because they too could be exposed to the same ...
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