Occupational asthma
Abstract
More than 250 substances found in the workplace cause occupational asthma (OA). Occupational asthma is characterised by variable airflow limitation and airway hyper responsiveness due to precipitants in the workplace.r Work-related asthma can be an exacerbation of asthma that was previously subclinical or in remission (work-aggravated asthma), a new onset of asthma caused by a sensitising exposure (asthma with latency) or asthma that results from a single heavy exposure to a potent respiratory irritant (asthma without latency, irritant asthma or the reactive airways dysfunction syndrome).
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