Investigation of Occupational Asthma: Do Clinicians Fail to Identify rRelevant Occupational Exposures? | Zendy

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Investigation of Occupational Asthma: Do Clinicians Fail to Identify rRelevant Occupational Exposures?

Author(s) -

Carlo de Olim,

Denis Bégin,

LouisPhilippe Boulet,

André Cartier,

Michel Gérin,

Catherine Lemière

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

canadian respiratory journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675

H-Index - 53

eISSN - 1916-7245

pISSN - 1198-2241

DOI - 10.1155/2015/519123

Subject(s) - medicine , occupational asthma , occupational medicine , occupational exposure , asthma , physical therapy , environmental health

Specific inhalation challenges (SIC) enable the identification of the agent responsible of occupational asthma (OA). A clinician may fail to identify a specific agent in the workplace, which may potentially lead to a misdiagnosis. The expert assessment method performed by an occupational hygienist has been used to evaluate occupational exposures in epidemiological studies.

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