Secondary |
Park |
1997 |
Korea |
LMW |
Diisocyanates |
Toluene diisocyanate (TDI) |
Workers in general population |
Occupational asthma |
Removal from exposure (2 years) |
Limitation: no report of participation rate |
At follow-up for 35 subjects, favorable prognosis was associated with shorter duration of symptoms prior to diagnosis (p<0.05), immediate cessation of exposure after diagnosis (p<0.05), milder degree of airway hyperresponsiveness at diagnosis (p<0.05), and presence of specific IgE (p<0.10). |