Long-term occupational consequences of asthma in a large French cohort of male workers followed up for 5 years

• Published in: American Journal of Industrial Medicine Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 317 - 323
• Main Authors: Thaon, Isabelle, Wild, Pascal, Mouchot, Lory, Monfort, Christine, Touranchet, Annie, Kreutz, Gérard, Derriennic, Francis, Paris, Christophe
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 01.05.2008; Wiley; Wiley-Liss
• Subjects: [SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie; Adult; Asthma; Asthma - epidemiology; Biological and medical sciences; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma; cohort; France; France - epidemiology; Health Status; Health Surveys; Humans; Life Sciences; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Medical sciences; MESH: Adult; MESH: Asthma; MESH: France; MESH: Health Status; MESH: Health Surveys; MESH: Humans; MESH: Longitudinal Studies; MESH: Male; MESH: Middle Aged; MESH: Occupational Diseases; MESH: Occupational Health; MESH: Occupational Medicine; MESH: Pain Measurement; MESH: Questionnaires; MESH: Risk Factors; MESH: Social Class; MESH: Time Factors; Middle Aged; Occupational Diseases; Occupational Diseases - epidemiology; Occupational Health; Occupational Medicine; Pain Measurement; Pneumology; Questionnaires; Risk Factors; Santé publique et épidémiologie; Social Class; Surveys and Questionnaires; Time Factors; working conditions; France; Europe; Human; Lung disease; Respiratory disease; Male; cohort; Unemployment; Epidemiology; Asthma; Employment; Follow up study; Cohort study; Bronchus disease; Worker; Obstructive pulmonary disease; Working condition; working conditions; Occupational medicine
• ISSN: 0271-3586; 1097-0274; 1097-0274
• DOI: 10.1002/ajim.20570

Objectives The aim of this study was to describe the long‐term occupational consequences of asthma in males of the ESTEV study, a French longitudinal cohort of working subjects aged 37–52 at inclusion. Methods Medical data, self‐perceived health status, sick leave, occupational social class and empl...