Prevention of Work-related Asthma: Study Search Results

Study Details

Prevention Level	Secondary
Author	Malo
Study Year	1988
Country	Canada
Molecular Weight of Agent	HMW
Category	Animals, Crustacea, seafoods, fish
Agent	Crab
Occupation	Snow crab-processing workers (Includes cohort reported by Cartier, 1984, Hudson, 1985)
Outcome/Diagnosis	Occupational asthma
Activity Intervention	Removal from exposure (FU mean: 12.8, 31.4, 64.4 months)
Participation Rate	Limitation: no report of participation rate
Intervention Effectiveness	Plateau of significant improvement was reached at mean 1 year follow-up for spirometry (p<0.01) and at the second follow-up for bronchial reactivity (p<0.05) compared to later follow-ups. There is concurrent reduction in IgE according to follow-up interval (p<0.01).