Historical Perspective Asthma caused by occupational hazards has been recognized for a
long time. In 1713, Ramazzini (1)," father of Industrial Medicine," described grain dust …

The development of occupational asthma (OA) is likely to result from the complex interaction
of environmental and host factors. This article addresses a series of issues relating to the …

This thoroughly revised and expanded reference provides authoritative discussions on the
physiologic, pharmacologic, metabolic, molecular, cellular and physicochemical factors …

The workplace can trigger or induce asthma and cause the onset of different types of work-
related asthma. Analysis of previous definitions of occupational asthma (OA) led to the …

Isocyanates are used for the large scale production of polyurethane polymers, which have
an almost endless variety of applications in the manufacture of flexible and rigid foams …

Disease registers and surveillance schemes are not necessarily designed to measure
incidence and prevalence, but their data can provide useful epidemiological insights. Their …

RESUMO O perfil epidemiológico dos trabalhadores brasileiros é analisado no contexto das
profundas mudanças sociais e econômicas que atingiram o mundo no último quarto do …

We attempted to determine the association between occupational and air pollutant exposure
with the development of adult asthma through the analysis of a standardized respiratory …

The expression occupational asthma (OA) was originally the only term used to describe the
link, most often causal, between asthma and the workplace. Moreover, OA then included …

Inhalative methacholine challenge (MC) was performed in 229 subjects presumed to suffer
from occupational asthma due to exposure to airborne latex allergens (n= 62), flour (n= 28) …