Occupational asthma: Research, change and the 30% target

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 433-436

  Curran, Andrew D ^a   Fishwick, David ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; LONG TERM CARE; OCCUPATIONAL ASTHMA; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

ASTHMA; COST OF ILLNESS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

EID: 0041736379     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/meg064     Document Type: Editorial

References (13)

1. Baldwin DR, Gannon P, Bright P, et al. (2002) Interpretation of occupational peak flow records: level of agreement between expert clinicians and OASYS-2. Thorax: 57; 860-4.
2. Blanc PD, Toren K. (1999) How much adult asthma can be attributed to occupational factors. Am J Ind Med; 107: 580-7.
3. Elms J, Denniss S, Smith M, et al. (2001) Development and validation of a monoclonal based immunoassay for the measurement of fungal alpha-amylase: focus on peak exposures. Ann Occup Hyg; 45: 89-95.
4. Gordon SB, Curran AD, Murphy J, et al. (1997) Screening questionnaires for bakers' asthma - are they worth the effort? Occup Med; 47: 361-6.
5. Heederik D, Houba R. (2001) An exploratory quantitative risk assessment for high molecular weight sensitizers: wheat flour. Ann Occup Hyg; 45: 175-85.
6. Jones KG, Bell J, Fehrenbach C, Pearce L, Grimley D, McCarthy TP. (2002) Understanding patient perceptions of asthma: results of the asthma control and expectations (ACE) survey. Int J Clin Pract; 56: 89-93.
7. Kimber I, Dearman RJ, Basketter DA, Ryan CA, Gerberick GF. (2002) The local lymph node assay: past, present and future. Contact Dermatitis; 47: 315-28.
8. Meyer JD, Holt DL, Chen Y, Cherry NM, McDonald JC. (2001) SWORD '99: surveillance of work-related and occupational respiratory disease in the UK. Occup Med; 51: 204-8.
9. Nieuwenhuijsen MJ, Burdorf A. (2001) Three centuries of research on baker's asthma: how close are we to prevention? Ann Occup Hyg; 45: 85-7.
10. Newman Taylor A. (2002) Asthma and work: the Colt lecture, delivered at the Ninth International Symposium on Inhaled Particles, Cambridge, September 2001. Ann Occup Hyg; 46: 563-74.
11. Slater T, Erkinjuntti-Pekkanen R, Fishwick D, et al. (2000) Changes in work practice after a respiratory health survey among welders in New Zealand. N Z Med J; 28: 305-8.
12. Tarlo SM, Liss GM. (2002) Diisocyanate-induced asthma: diagnosis, prognosis, and effects of medical surveillance measures. Appl Occup Environ Hyg; 17: 902-8.
13. Williams NR, Jones K, Cocker J (1999) Biological monitoring to assess exposure from use of isocyanates in motor vehicle repair. Occup Environ Med; 56: 598-601.