Prevention of Work-related Asthma: Study Search Results

Study Details

Prevention Level	Secondary
Author	Padoan
Study Year	2003
Country	Italy
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 (<10 yrs and >10 yrs)
Participation Rate	Limitation: no report of participation rate
Intervention Effectiveness	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.