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'''Occupational asthma''' is defined as: <blockquote>"A disease characterized by variable airflow limitation and/or airway hyper-responsiveness due to causes and conditions attributable to a particular occupational environment and not stimuli encountered outside the workplace".<ref name="AJRCCM">[http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/167/3/450/ American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.] Vol 167. pp. 450-471, (2003). Proceedings of the First Jack Pepys Occupational Asthma Symposium.</ref><ref name="pmid18779187">Tarlo SM, Balmes J, Balkissoon R, Beach J, Beckett W, Bernstein D et al. (2008) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18779187 Diagnosis and management of work-related asthma: American College Of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement.] ''Chest'' 134 (3 Suppl):1S-41S. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.08-0201 DOI:10.1378/chest.08-0201] PMID: [http://pubmed.gov/18779187 18779187]</ref></blockquote> | '''Occupational asthma''' is defined as: <blockquote>"A disease characterized by variable airflow limitation and/or airway hyper-responsiveness due to causes and conditions attributable to a particular occupational environment and not stimuli encountered outside the workplace".<ref name="AJRCCM">[http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/cgi/content/full/167/3/450/ American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.] Vol 167. pp. 450-471, (2003). Proceedings of the First Jack Pepys Occupational Asthma Symposium.</ref><ref name="pmid18779187">Tarlo SM, Balmes J, Balkissoon R, Beach J, Beckett W, Bernstein D et al. (2008) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=18779187 Diagnosis and management of work-related asthma: American College Of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement.] ''Chest'' 134 (3 Suppl):1S-41S. [http://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.08-0201 DOI:10.1378/chest.08-0201] PMID: [http://pubmed.gov/18779187 18779187]</ref></blockquote> | ||
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Revision as of 14:22, 24 September 2012
Overview
Asthma is defined as a respiratory disease caused by narrowing of the air passages that is synonymous with difficulty in breathing, tightness of chest, nasal irritation, coughing and wheezing.
Occupational asthma is defined as:
"A disease characterized by variable airflow limitation and/or airway hyper-responsiveness due to causes and conditions attributable to a particular occupational environment and not stimuli encountered outside the workplace".[1][2]
References
- ↑ American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. Vol 167. pp. 450-471, (2003). Proceedings of the First Jack Pepys Occupational Asthma Symposium.
- ↑ Tarlo SM, Balmes J, Balkissoon R, Beach J, Beckett W, Bernstein D et al. (2008) Diagnosis and management of work-related asthma: American College Of Chest Physicians Consensus Statement. Chest 134 (3 Suppl):1S-41S. DOI:10.1378/chest.08-0201 PMID: 18779187