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

Background Asthma, one of the most common chronic respiratory diseases, affects about 3
million Canadians. The objective of this study is to provide a comprehensive evaluation of …

The aim of the European Respiratory Society work-related asthma guidelines is to present
the management and prevention options of work-related asthma and their effectiveness …

Rationale: The long-term outcomes of acute irritant-induced asthma (IIA) are mostly
unknown. Objectives: To study the long-term outcomes of IIA. Methods: We reassessed 35 …

abstract Psychological stress is recognized as a key factor in the exacerbation of allergic
asthma, whereby brain responses to stress act as immunomodulators for asthma. In …

The optimal management of occupational asthma remains uncertain in clinical practice. The
aim of this review was to analyse the published information pertaining to the management of …

Occupational asthma (OA) and work-exacerbated asthma (WEA), collectively known as work-
related asthma (WRA), have been recognized as the most prevalent work-related lung …

Objective To evaluate the potential determinants of forced expiratory volume in 1 s (FEV1)
decline in workers with occupational asthma (OA) still exposed to the causative agent. We …

Since the recognition of asthma as a syndrome with complex pathophysiological signs and
symptoms, recent research has sought to classify asthma phenotypes based on its clinical …

Occupational factors are responsible for a large percentage of cases of asthma in adults of
working age. Any irritant generated at high concentrations can cause occupational asthma …