Prevention of Work-related Asthma: Study Search Results

Study Details

Prevention Level	Secondary
Author	Park
Study Year	1997
Country	Korea
Molecular Weight of Agent	LMW
Category	Diisocyanates
Agent	Toluene diisocyanate (TDI)
Occupation	Workers in general population
Outcome/Diagnosis	Occupational asthma
Activity Intervention	Removal from exposure (2 years)
Participation Rate	Limitation: no report of participation rate
Intervention Effectiveness	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).