Clinical Evaluation, Management, and Prevention of Work-Related Asthma

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• Personal Author:
  Beckett WS ; Friedman-Jimenez G ; Petsonk, Edward L. ; Szeinuk J
• Description:
  Work-related asthma (WRA) is asthma that is attributable to, or is made worse by, environmental exposures in the workplace. WRA has become the most prevalent occupational lung disease in developed countries, is more common than is generally recognized, and can be severe and disabling. Identification of workplace exposures causing and/or aggravating the asthma, and appropriate control or cessation of these exposures can often lead to reduction or even complete elimination of symptoms and disability. This depends on timely recognition and diagnosis of WRA. In this review, the diagnostic evaluation has been organized in a stepwise fashion to make it more practical for primary care physicians as well as physicians specializing in occupational diseases and asthma. WRA merits more widespread attention among clinicians, labor and management health and safety specialists, researchers, health care organizations, public health policy makers, industrial hygienists, and others interested in disease prevention. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Asthma Environmental Exposure Hypersensitivity Irritants Lung Lung Diseases Occupational Health Respiratory System Respiratory Tract Diseases Safety
• Keywords:
  Airways Allergens Allergic Reactions Allergies Allergy Asthma Author Keywords: Respiratory Bronchial Asthma Diagnosis Environmental Exposure Irritant Lung Disease Lung Disorders Occupational Prevention Public Health Pulmonary System Disorders Respiratory System Disorders Review Sensitizer

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DRDS - Division of Respiratory Disease Studies
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  121-141
• Volume:
  37
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20020674
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2000 Jan; 37(1):121-141
• Contact Point Address:
  Medical Screening and Workforce Surveillance Team, Surveillance Branch Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Morgantown, WV
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:d0b5a1b6fbc619d7c707e5ebb138db740388d1153e26bcd445be5ec888884df2f9cfe4300e9a695f607ecf4e09e7eb21758e7eaf0a78615db9f7f96725501e17
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/198355/cdc_198355_DS1.pdf
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