Prevention of Work-related Asthma: Study Search Results

Study Details

Prevention Level	Primary
Author	Douglas
Study Year	1995
Country	UK
Molecular Weight of Agent	HMW
Category	Animals, Crustacea, seafoods, fish
Agent	Salmon
Occupation	Salmon processors
Outcome/Diagnosis	Occupational asthma
Activity Intervention	Exhaust ventilation (24 months)
Participation Rate	Prior to intervention: 291 of 291 eligible subjects (Participation rate: 100%) After intervention: 37 people who joined and remained for more than 3 months after intervention were the post-modification group. Limitation: no report of participation rate for post-modification group
Intervention Effectiveness	Eighteen months prior to the intervention, 8.2% of workforce (n=291) had OA. Two years after the intervention, none of the 37 new workers had OA.