Investigation of Occupational Asthma: Do Clinicians Fail to Identify rRelevant Occupational Exposures?
BACKGROUND: Specific inhalation challenges (SIC) enable the identification of the agent responsible of occupational asthma (OA). A clinician may fail to identify a specific agent in the workplace, which may potentially lead to a misdiagnosis. The expert assessment method performed by an occupational...
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| author | Carlo de Olim Denis Bégin Louis-Philippe Boulet André Cartier Michel Gérin Catherine Lemière |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Specific inhalation challenges (SIC) enable the identification of the agent responsible of occupational asthma (OA). A clinician may fail to identify a specific agent in the workplace, which may potentially lead to a misdiagnosis. The expert assessment method performed by an occupational hygienist has been used to evaluate occupational exposures in epidemiological studies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-47cbf2ffa7534ce0b67cc23e9c15c9dd2025-02-03T06:43:47ZengWileyCanadian Respiratory Journal1198-22412015-01-0122634134710.1155/2015/519123Investigation of Occupational Asthma: Do Clinicians Fail to Identify rRelevant Occupational Exposures?Carlo de Olim0Denis Bégin1Louis-Philippe Boulet2André Cartier3Michel Gérin4Catherine Lemière5Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal;, CanadaDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, ESPUM, Université de Montréal, Montréal, CanadaInstitut Universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec, Université Laval, Québec, Québec, CanadaHôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal;, CanadaDepartment of Environmental and Occupational Health, ESPUM, Université de Montréal, Montréal, CanadaHôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal;, CanadaBACKGROUND: Specific inhalation challenges (SIC) enable the identification of the agent responsible of occupational asthma (OA). A clinician may fail to identify a specific agent in the workplace, which may potentially lead to a misdiagnosis. The expert assessment method performed by an occupational hygienist has been used to evaluate occupational exposures in epidemiological studies.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/519123 |
| spellingShingle | Carlo de Olim Denis Bégin Louis-Philippe Boulet André Cartier Michel Gérin Catherine Lemière Investigation of Occupational Asthma: Do Clinicians Fail to Identify rRelevant Occupational Exposures? Canadian Respiratory Journal |
| title | Investigation of Occupational Asthma: Do Clinicians Fail to Identify rRelevant Occupational Exposures? |
| title_full | Investigation of Occupational Asthma: Do Clinicians Fail to Identify rRelevant Occupational Exposures? |
| title_fullStr | Investigation of Occupational Asthma: Do Clinicians Fail to Identify rRelevant Occupational Exposures? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Investigation of Occupational Asthma: Do Clinicians Fail to Identify rRelevant Occupational Exposures? |
| title_short | Investigation of Occupational Asthma: Do Clinicians Fail to Identify rRelevant Occupational Exposures? |
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