Adult-onset Asthma and Occupational Exposures

• Published in: Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment ＆ Health Vol. 25; no. 5; pp. 430 - 435
• Main Authors: Torén, K, Järvholm, B, Brisman, J, Hagberg, S, Hermansson, B A, Lillienberg, L
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Finland Scandinavian Journal of Work, Environment ＆ Health 01.10.1999; National Institute for Working Life; Finnish Institute of Occupational Health; National Institute of Occupational Health (Denmark); National Institute of Occupational Health (Norway)
• Subjects: Adult; Age Distribution; Age of Onset; Air Pollutants, Occupational - adverse effects; Air Pollutants, Occupational - classification; Asthma; Asthma - diagnosis; Asthma - epidemiology; Asthma - etiology; Case control studies; Confidence Intervals; Cross-Sectional Studies; Dust - adverse effects; Dust - analysis; Female; flour; Fumes; Glues; Humans; Incidence; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Occupational Exposure - adverse effects; Occupational Exposure - analysis; Occupational Exposure - statistics & numerical data; Odds Ratio; Population Surveillance; Questionnaires; Referents; respiratory tract diseases; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; Sampling Studies; Sex Distribution; Smoke; Sweden - epidemiology; Symptoms; Textiles; Welding; Sweden; questionnaires; retrospective; asthma; occupational; epidemiologic

Objectives This study examined certain occupational exposures and the risk for adult-onset asthma. Methods A nested case-referent study of adult-onset asthma was performed on a random population sample (N= 15 813), aged 21 to 51 years. Cases for the study included 2 groups: subjects reporting "...