Occupational asthma accounts for a significant percentage of all asthma. Prevalence varies
markedly, depending on host factors, the agent, and the manufacturing facility. The number …

Occupational asthma is one of the most frequent work-related diseases and may represent
between 2% and 6% of all cases of asthma. It is defined as asthma causally and specifically …

Although there has been a dramatic increase in awareness about the contributions of the
work environment to asthma, many aspects of this illness remain to be explored in further …

With more than 200 agents inducing occupational asthma, an organized approach to identify
the impact of both low-and high-molecular-weight agents is important. In this report, our goal …

A diversity of airborne dusts, gases, fumes, and vapors can cause dose-related symptoms in
individuals exposed in the workplace. More than 250 chemicals have been incriminated as …

Occupational exposures can cause a new onset of asthma in a subset of susceptible
workers on the basis of sensitization to a specific work agent or a high-level irritant …

Occupational asthma is a major cause of pulmonary disease and the most common cause of
nonacute occupational lung disease in the industrialized world. The relationship of the …

OBJECTIVE: To review the clinical features and underlying mechanisms of occupational
asthma in an attempt to glean insights into various other forms of asthma. DATA SOURCES …

Occupational asthma is the most common form of occupational lung disease in the
developed world at the present time. In this review, the epidemiology, pathogenesis …

This article reviews recent developments in the study of occupational asthma and
implications for the overall understanding of asthma. Occupational asthma is a clinical …