Prevalence of occupational asthma among automobile and furniture painters in the center of Eskisehir (Turkey): the effects of atopy and smoking habits on occupational asthma

Ucgun I., Ozdemir N., Metintas M., Metintas S., Erginel S., Kolsuz M.

ALLERGY, vol.53, no.11, pp.1096-1100, 1998 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 53 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 1998
  • Doi Number: 10.1111/j.1398-9995.1998.tb03822.x
  • Journal Name: ALLERGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.1096-1100
  • Keywords: atopy, isocyanate, occupational asthma, prevalence, smoking habits, DIAGNOSIS, EPIDEMIOLOGY
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background Occupational asthma (OA) is respiratory disorder characterized by airway hyperreactivity caused by agents present in the workplace. For determination of the prevalence of OA among car and furniture painters exposed to isocyanate id the center of Eskisehir, Turkey, a clinical and epidemiologic prospective study in three phases was done, incorporating 312 (89.4%) of the painters.