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

As the classic mineral dust-induced pneumoconioses decrease in frequency because of the
control of exposure, obstructive airway diseases have emerged as the most prevalent …

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 …

Substantial epidemiologic and clinical evidence indicates that agents inhaled at work can
induce asthma. In industrialized countries, occupational factors have been implicated in 9 to …

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 …

This consensus statement provides practical recommendations for specific inhalation
challenge (SIC) in the diagnosis of occupational asthma. They are derived from a systematic …

There is accumulating evidence that the workplace environment contributes significantly to
the general burden of asthma. The purpose of this review is to explore the respiratory health …

The workplace can be responsible for approximately one in 10 cases of adult-onset asthma.
Two types of occupational asthma (OA) are distinguished by whether they arise after a …

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 …