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Occupational Asthma

Chest, 1987
The workplace can be responsible for approximately one in 10 cases of adult-onset asthma. Two types of occupational asthma (OA) are distinguished by whether they arise after a latency period that is necessary for acquiring sensitization or as a result of acute exposure to irritant materials (irritant-induced asthma).
M, Chan-Yeung, J L, Malo
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Occupancy and Occupants’ Actions

2017
Occupants’ presence and actions within the built environment are crucial aspects related to understanding variations in energy use. Within this chapter, first, a nomenclature for the field of research dealing with occupants in buildings is defined. This nomenclature distinguishes between occupants’ presence and behavior, states and actions, adaptive ...
Schweiker M   +4 more
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Occupational Asthma

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2005
Substantial epidemiologic and clinical evidence indicates that agents inhaled at work can induce asthma. In industrialized countries, occupational factors have been implicated in 9 to 15% of all cases of adult asthma. Work-related asthma includes (1) immunologic occupational asthma (OA), characterized by a latency period before the onset of symptoms ...
CE Mapp   +3 more
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Occupational Licensing and Occupational Mobility

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Research Department Working Papers, 2023
This paper estimates the impact of occupational licensing at the extensive margin (existence) and intensive margin (qualifications) on the occupational mobility of US workers. Using 2015-2022 Current Population Survey data on worker occupational choices matched to licensing-policy data, I show that the existence of licensing regulation significantly ...
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Occupational rhinitis

Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 1992
To define occupational rhinitis, classify its various causes, review the steps in diagnosis, and describe the nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic management principles.A review of MEDLINE articles in English on occupation rhinitis for January 1, 1970, through December 31, 2001, was performed.
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Occupational asthma

Medical Clinics of North America, 1992
Occupational asthma is recognized as the most common form of occupational lung disease. Over 200 causative substances have been described. Major cases of occupational asthma are discussed along with valuable diagnostic approaches. Early diagnosis and removal of the patient from workplace exposure to the causative substance can prevent progression to ...
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Occupational asthma

Toxicology Letters, 1985
Occupational asthma is an important occupational respiratory disorder, both in terms of morbidity, disability and in the total number of cases. The two types of occupational asthma are classified on the basis of their temporal relationship to onset. Occupational asthma with latency reflects allergic occupational asthma and is a condition characterized ...
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Occupational health

Nursing Standard, 1988
Nurses and other health staff who may face health and safety problems should be given regular advice on rehabilitation, disablement and retirement, Mid Surrey HA has declared.
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Occupational scleroderma

Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 1999
Various occupations and environmental exposures have been suggested to possibly cause or precipitate systemic sclerosis. This article reviews studies of vinyl chloride, silica dust, and chemicals, including trichloroethene and epoxy resins, that may play a role in triggering the disease.
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Occupation: Occupational Aspiration

2017
This chapter explores occupation as settings in which employment occurs and prospects for upward mobility exist. It introduces the reader to participants’ experiences in social worlds in which occupational aspirations are varied but, nonetheless, constrained by composite factors that interact and at times conflict.
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