Secondary |
Padoan |
2003 |
Italy |
LMW |
Diisocyanates |
Toluene diisocyanate (TDI) |
Workers in general population |
Occupational asthma |
Removal from exposure (<10 yrs and >10 yrs) |
Limitation: no report of participation rate |
Compared to subjects still exposed (n=13), less respiratory symptoms were reported for subjects removed < 10 years (n=44) (p<0.001) than for those removed > 10 years (n=30) (p<0.01), but symptom reporting was still high. Airway hyperresponsiveness persisted in subjects removed >10 years. |