Prevention of Work-related Asthma: Study Search Results

Study Details

Prevention Level	Secondary
Author	Hudson
Study Year	1985
Country	Canada
Molecular Weight of Agent	HMW
Category	Animals, Crustacea, seafoods, fish
Agent	Crab, various agents
Occupation	Snow crab-processing workers (Includes cohort reported by Cartier, 1984)
Outcome/Diagnosis	Occupational asthma
Activity Intervention	Removal from exposure (mean: 12.3, 24.5 months)
Participation Rate	Limitation: no report of participation rate
Intervention Effectiveness	Nineteen of 31 subjects were symptomatic of asthma at follow-up. Asymptomatic at follow-up was associated with shorter duration of exposure after onset of symptoms (p<0.01). No significant changes in spirometry were observed since diagnosis.