Open AccessAsthma Severity and Exposure to Occupational Asthmogens
Author(s) -
Nicole Le Moual,
Valérie Siroux,
Isabelle Pin,
F. Kauffmann,
Susan Kennedy
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of respiratory and critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.272
H-Index - 374
eISSN - 1535-4970
pISSN - 1073-449X
DOI - 10.1164/rccm.200501-111oc
Subject(s) - medicine , asthma , odds ratio , occupational asthma , confidence interval , epidemiology , job exposure matrix , population , pediatrics , environmental health
Severe asthma is a public health problem with limited information regarding preventable causes. Although occupational exposures have been implicated as important risk factors for asthma and asthma exacerbations, associations between occupational exposures and asthma severity have not been reported.