OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA - SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS

Authors
ALBERTS WM BROOKS SM
Citation
Wm. Alberts et Sm. Brooks, OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA - SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES FOR WORKERS AND EMPLOYERS, Postgraduate medicine, 97(6), 1995, pp. 93
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Postgraduate medicine → ACNP
ISSN journal
00325481
Volume
97
Issue
6
Year of publication
1995
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5481(1995)97:6<93:OA-SCF>2.0.ZU;2-4
Abstract
Patients affected by occupational asthma have respiratory symptoms tha t may persist for months, years, or even life. Hundreds of substances have been implicated in the disease, and the list is expected to grow. The authors discuss management of this sometimes life-threatening con dition and emphasize the importance of environmental controls to preve nt future cases.