Bronchial asthma and COPD due to irritants in the workplace - an evidence-based approach.

Xaver Baur; Prudence Bakehe; Henning Vellguth

doi:10.1186/1745-6673-7-19

Bronchial asthma and COPD due to irritants in the workplace - an evidence-based approach.

Xaver Baur
Prudence Bakehe
Henning Vellguth

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Institute for Occupational and Maritime Medicine

Abstract

Respiratory irritants represent a major cause of occupational obstructive airway diseases. We provide an overview of the evidence related to irritative agents causing occupational asthma or occupational COPD.

Bibliographical data

Original language	English
Article number	1
ISSN	1745-6673
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6673-7-19
Publication status	Published - 2012

pubmed	23013890