Occupational exposure is a well-recognised modifiable risk factor for asthma, but the
relationship between occupational exposure and asthma control has not been studied. We …

Background Asthma is a prevalent chronic disease and occupation contributes to
approximately 15% of cases among adults. However, there are still few studies on risk …

Occupational exposures make important contributions to asthma morbidity. The role of
low/moderate level irritant exposures remains unclear. We aimed to determine which …

Objectives: In a large population-based study among adults in northern Europe the relation
between occupational exposure and new-onset asthma was studied. Methods: The study …

There are no population-based follow-up studies to estimate the fraction of asthma
incidence that is attributable to work. In Finland, individuals with clinically well-established …

Objectives This study examined certain occupational exposures and the risk for adult-onset
asthma. Methods A nested case-referent study of adult-onset asthma was performed on a …

Background The aim of this paper is to highlight emerging data on occupational attributable
risk in asthma. Despite well documented outbreaks of disease and the recognition of …

Background The proportion of asthma in adults that is due to occupational exposures is not
known. Aim To examine the contribution of workplace exposures to the development of …

The aim was to estimate the incidence rate of adult-onset asthma in relation to age, sex,
smoking and occupational exposures. A random sample of 18,087 subjects aged 16–75 …

Epidemiology is the study of the distribution, determinants and outcome of disease. In this
article, the recently acquired knowledge of the epidemiology of occupational asthma is …