Background Cleaning agents are now a common cause of occupational asthma (OA)
worldwide. Irritant airway and sensitization mechanisms are implicated for a variety of old …

Background There is a disproportionately high number of cases of work-related asthma
occurring in health care occupations due to agents such as glutaraldehyde, latex and …

Background Cleaning agents have been commonly implicated as causative or triggering
factors in work-related asthma (WRA), mainly from epidemiologic studies. Relatively few …

In the March issue of Clinical & Experimental Allergy, Gonzalez et al. published a paper on
asthma among workers in French healthcare settings and exposure to cleaning and …

An abiding feature of current occupational epidemiology has been the observation—in
Europe and North America—of high rates of asthma-like symptoms in professional cleaners …

Epidemiological studies have consistently found cleaners to be at increased risk of new-
onset asthma, 1 2 the risk seems to be particularly high in domestic cleaners using spray …

Background Several epidemiological studies have reported an increased risk of asthma
among professional cleaners. To date, however, no analysis of large patient series from …

Objectives To study associations between use of cleaning products and asthma symptoms
in cleaning workers. Methods Information on respiratory symptoms, history of asthma …

Introduction Since 2000 a decline in the incidence of occupational asthma (OA) has been
reported in the UK and Europe. We aimed to describe and account for trends in the …

Objective To determine the agents causing asthmatic reactions during specific inhalation
challenges (SICs) in workers with cleaning-related asthma symptoms and to assess the …