| Secondary |
| Merget |
| 2001 |
| Germany |
| LMW |
| Metals |
| Platinum |
| Platinum refinery workers (Includes cohort reported by Merget, 1994, 1999) |
| Occupational asthma |
| Medical surveillance, removal from exposure (5 years) Examinations for medical surveillance took place 6 and 12 months after 1st investigation and thereafter in yearly intervals. |
| 56 of 159 eligible subjects (Participation rate: 35%) |
| Shortness of breath or wheeze was more likely to be reported by subjects who were removed from exposure (n=12) than controls (n=42). Positive skin prick test results declined or became negative in all subjects removed from exposure. |
