Long-term health and employment outcomes of occupational asthma and their determinants
Gassert, Thomas H. ; Hu, Howard ; Kelsey, Karl T. ; Christiani, David C.
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
1998
40
5
481-491
asthma ; case study ; chronic respiratory diseases ; industry ; lung diseases ; occupational disease ; women
Occupational diseases
English
Results of a study of 55 occupational asthma patients indicate that the disease is disabling and probably irreversible for most patients, despite prolonged removal from causative agents. Women, industrial workers and those with severe asthma or lack of a college degree appear to be at risk for worse outcomes. Topics: asthma; degree of disability; handicapped workers; high-risk groups; occupation disease relation; sex-linked differences; sickness absenteeism; state of health; statistical evaluation; unemployment.
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