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. |