Occupational exposures as risk factors for asthma and allergic diseases in a Turkish population

KURT E., DEMİR A. U., Cadirci O., YILDIRIM H., AK G., Eser T. P.

INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH, vol.84, no.1, pp.45-52, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 84 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00420-010-0563-x
  • Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVES OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.45-52
  • Keywords: Allergic diseases, Asthma, Occupation, Eczema, Epidemiology, ADULT-ONSET ASTHMA, RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS, SKIN DISEASES, PREVALENCE, RHINITIS
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose There has been no community-based epidemiological study on the relation of occupational exposures with asthma, rhinitis, and eczema in Turkey. We examined the relationship between occupational exposures and adult-onset asthma, wheezing, allergic rhinitis, and eczema in a Turkish adult population.