Work-exacerbated asthma (WEA) is the term used to describe the worsening of asthma
related to work but not the causation of asthma by work. It is common and has been reported …

Rationale: Occupational exposures can contribute to the exacerbation as well as the onset
of asthma. However, work-exacerbated asthma (WEA) has received less attention than …

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Asthma is a very common disease in adults, including in those who work outside the home.
Work-related asthma refers to asthma that is either caused by or worsened by something at …

Background A previous American College of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement on
asthma in the workplace was published in 1995. The current Consensus Statement updates …

A spectrum of workplace exposures can result in work-exacerbated asthma (WEA). These
exposures include chemical irritants, paints, solvents, 1 and cleaning agents. 2–4 Additional …

Adults with asthma who had been enrolled in an HMO for at least a year were requested to
complete a questionnaire about their health status. Approximately 25% of the 1,461 …

BACKGROUND: Although work-exacerbated asthma (WEA) is a prevalent condition likely to
have an important societal burden, there are limited data on this condition. OBJECTIVES …

Over the years, there have been tremendous efforts to improve the understanding of
occupational asthma (OA), whereas work-exacerbated asthma (WEA) has been somewhat …

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