Prevention of Work-related Asthma: Study Search Results

Study Details

Prevention Level	Secondary
Author	Lozewicz
Study Year	1987
Country	UK
Molecular Weight of Agent	LMW
Category	Diisocyanates
Agent	Toluene diisocyanate (TDI), diphenylmethane diisocyanate (MDI), hexamethlyene diisocyanate (HDI), naphthylene diisocyanate (NDI)
Occupation	Workers in general population
Outcome/Diagnosis	Occupational asthma
Activity Intervention	Removal from exposure (> 4 years)
Participation Rate	50 of 59 eligible subjects: (Participation rate: 89%)
Intervention Effectiveness	Forty-one of 50 subjects continued to have respiratory symptoms, with approximately half of those (n=22) requiring treatment at least once a week. Pulmonary function was similar at follow-up. Limitation: no comparison group.